Abstract:
Provided are a method of manufacturing a magnetic layer, a patterned magnetic recording medium including magnetic layers formed using the method, and a method of manufacturing the patterned magnetic recording medium. The method of manufacturing the magnetic layers includes: forming a template provided with an opening; forming a seed layer on a bottom of the opening; and inserting a magnetic material onto the seed layer to form a magnetic layer. The patterned magnetic recording medium includes a lower layer formed on a substrate; a template formed on the lower layer and including a plurality of holes exposing the lower layer; seed layers covering the lower layer exposed through the holes; and magnetic layers formed on the seed layers to fill the holes.
Abstract:
A light delivery module having a structure in which components can be precisely aligned and be integrated as a single unit, and a heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) head employing the light delivery module. The light delivery module includes: a base having a first groove; a light source mounted on the base; an optical device that is installed on the base and guides light radiated from the light source; a cover member that is bonded to the base to protect the light source and the optical device and has a second groove facing the first groove; and a nano aperture bonded in the first and second grooves to form an enhanced near-field by adjusting the distribution of the light transmitted through the optical device.
Abstract:
Provided is a perpendicular magnetic recording medium including a perpendicular magnetic enhancement layer having a thickness of 15 nm or greater between a substrate and a perpendicular magnetic recording layer.
Abstract:
Provided is a method of manufacturing a patterned recording medium. The method includes depositing a magnetic thin film on a substrate, aligning a hard mask that has a plurality of penetration holes regularly distributed therein above the magnetic thin film, irradiating the hard mask, and removing the hard mask.
Abstract:
A perpendicular magnetic recording medium including a perpendicular magnetic recording layer placed over a substrate, and a multi-layered perpendicular orientation underlayer placed between the substrate and the perpendicular magnetic recording layer and having first and third underlayers each made of Pt or an alloy thereof. Due to the use of a three-layered perpendicular orientation underlayer, an excellent perpendicular orientation and a consistent crystal lattice of a Pt underlayer are obtained. Also, the perpendicular orientation underlayer has small crystal grains. Thus, the perpendicular orientation underlayer having excellent perpendicular orientation and small crystal grains enables a perpendicular magnetic recording layer to have a good thermal stability, a high recording density, and a high SNR.
Abstract:
A magnetic recording medium including a magnetic recording layer containing magnetic crystal grains and a substrate supporting the magnetic recording layer. The magnetic recording layer is composed of a porous crystal isolating membrane having micropores capable of magnetically and physically isolating the magnetic crystal grains. A transition metal element selected from Co, Fe, Ni, Cr, Pt, Pd, Ti, Ta, Ru, Si, Al, Nb, B, Nd, Sm and Pr or an alloy thereof is impregnated into the pores. The magnetic recording medium has superior thermal stability and S/N characteristics.
Abstract:
Provided is a perpendicular magnetic recording medium in which a perpendicular orientation promoting underlayer is formed between a substrate and a perpendicular magnetic recording layer for inducing the perpendicular orientation of the perpendicular magnetic recording layer, the perpendicular magnetic recording medium further including a crystal growth discontinuation layer between the substrate and the perpendicular orientation promoting underlayer for suppressing continuous crystal growth from the underlayer to the perpendicular magnetic recording layer. The effective suppression of crystal growth in the perpendicular magnetic recording layer results in low noise levels. Therefore, the perpendicular magnetic recording medium has high-density recording applications with increased signal-to-noise ratio.
Abstract:
A perpendicular magnetic recording medium having a perpendicular magnetic recording layer provided on a substrate and a soft underlayer formed between the substrate and the perpendicular magnetic recording layer. The soft underlayer includes a plurality of soft underlayers having different saturation magnetizations so as to improve signal-to-noise ratio, and at least one of the soft underlayers has a magnetization easy axis in a radial direction so as to improve transition noise.
Abstract:
A magnetic head for use in a VCR includes a pair of cores, a pair of sets of coils, an insulating member, a thin film magnetic layer and a thin film protection layer. Furthermore, a method for the manufacture of the magnetic head includes the steps of: providing a pair of cores having an "I" shaped core and a "C" shaped core; forming an insulating member between posterior portions of the cores, joining the cores with each other; depositing a thin film magnetic layer on a frontal face of each of the cores; patterning the thin film magnetic layer in such a way that the thin film magnetic layer has a horizontal slit; and depositing a thin film protection layer on top of the thin film magnetic layer, thereby forming the magnetic head. Since the magnetic head has the thin film protection layer and the thin film magnetic layer with the horizontal slit which encompasses a magnetic gap and has the width thereof narrower than that of the magnetic gap, it is possible to record magnetic signals on a magnetic tape at high densities or reproduce the magnetic signals thus recorded, and hence it may have a lengthened life span.