摘要:
According to one embodiment, there is provided a method of manufacturing a patterned media having a substrate and a magnetic recording layer on the substrate including protruded magnetic patterns and a nonmagnetic material filling recesses between the magnetic patterns. The method includes depositing a first nonmagnetic material to fill the recesses between the magnetic patterns, carrying out surface reforming of the first nonmagnetic material, depositing a second nonmagnetic material on the first nonmagnetic material, and etching back the second and first nonmagnetic materials.
摘要:
According to one embodiment, a method of forming patterns is provided, in which the method including forming a resist on an underlying material, pressing a stamper having patterns of protrusions and recesses, sidewalls of which protrusions are tapered, onto the resist to form a patterned resist having patterns of protrusions and recesses, sidewalls of which protrusions are tapered, forming a protective film on the patterned resist, performing anisotropic etching to leave the protective film on the tapered sidewalls of protrusions of the patterned resist, etching a resist residue remaining in recesses of the patterned resist using the protective film as a mask, and etching the underlying material using the protective film and the patterned resist as a mask.
摘要:
According to one embodiment, a magnetic recording medium includes a substrate, and a magnetic recording layer formed on the substrate and having patterns of protrusions and recesses corresponding to a servo area and a recording area, in which the magnetic recording layer located in each of the recesses in the recording area has a thickness smaller than two thirds of a thickness of the magnetic recording layer corresponding to each of the protrusions, the magnetic recording layer remaining in each of the recesses in the recording area has a thickness of 1 nm or more, and a difference in height on a surface of the magnetic recording medium is 7 nm or less.
摘要:
According to one embodiment, patterns of protrusions and recesses includes a substrate including a conductive region on at least one major surface, and a projecting pattern layer formed on the conductive region on the major surface, and made of a microcrystalline material, a polycrystalline material, an amorphous material, or an oxide of the microcrystalline, polycrystalline, or amorphous material.
摘要:
It is made possible to manufacturing a magnetic recording medium capable of high-density recording at low cost. A method for manufacturing a magnetic recording medium, includes: forming a magnetic film on a substrate; and forming a pattern transfer film, into which a concavo-convex pattern of a magnetic recording medium is to be transferred by imprinting, by vapor-depositing a material for forming the pattern transfer film onto the magnetic film while heating the material at a temperature of 100° C. to 400° C. in a vacuum of 1×10−3 Torr or less.
摘要:
According to one embodiment, a stamper for a magnetic recording media has patterns of protrusions and recesses to manufacture a discrete track recording type magnetic recording media having servo areas including an address portion, a preamble portion and a burst portion, and data areas including a recording track portion, the patterns of protrusions and recesses being formed at a pitch of 400 nm or less, in which a magnitude relation of depths of recesses corresponding to the address portion, the preamble portion, the burst portion and the recording track portion is inverted to a magnitude relation of area ratios of the protrusions to the recesses in the address portion, the preamble portion, the burst portion and the recording track portion.
摘要:
According to one embodiment, a method for manufacturing a patterned media includes forming patterns of a magnetic layer having protrusions and recesses corresponding to tracks, servo zones or data zones on a substrate having a center hole, and spraying gas flow produced by diffusing a liquid gas toward the center hole of the substrate before or after forming the patterns of the magnetic layer.
摘要:
According to one embodiment, a patterned media includes a magnetic film processed into patterns for tracks, servo zones or data zones, and a nonmagnetic filling material filled between patterns of the magnetic film for the tracks, servo zones or data zones and including a base material and a barrier material formed of a metal that does not constitute the base material.
摘要:
A method of forming patterns includes coating a toroidal substrate having a center hole with an imprint material containing a precursor of a metal oxide film, selected from the group consisting of a metal alkoxide and a metal oxide, and an ether type nonionic surfactant containing fluorine or silicon, imprinting a stamper on the imprint material to transfer patterns of protrusions and recesses of the stamper to the imprint material, and removing organic components from the imprint material through plasma processing or heat treatment to form a metal oxide film having patterns of protrusions and recesses.
摘要:
According to one embodiment, a method for manufacturing a patterned media includes forming patterns of a magnetic layer having protrusions and recesses corresponding to tracks, servo zones or data zones on a substrate having a center hole, and spraying gas flow produced by diffusing a liquid gas toward the center hole of the substrate before or after forming the patterns of the magnetic layer.