摘要:
[Problem] A perpendicular magnetic disk with an improved SNR and an increased recording density by further improving crystal orientation of a preliminary ground layer formed of an Ni-base alloy is provided.[Solution] A typical structure of the perpendicular magnetic disk according to the present invention includes, on a base 110, a soft magnetic layer 130, a Ta alloy layer 140 provided on the soft magnetic layer 130, an Ni alloy layer 142 provided on the Ta alloy layer 140, a ground layer 150 provided on the Ni alloy layer 142 and having Ru as a main component, and a granular magnetic layer 160 provided on the ground layer 150. The Ta alloy layer 140 is a layer containing 10 atomic percent or more and 45 atomic percent or less Ta and having amorphous and soft magnetic properties.
摘要:
A perpendicular magnetic recording medium includes a substrate, a soft magnetic layer, a pre-underlayer, an underlayer, and a main recording layer serving as a magnetic recording layer. The pre-underlayer contains seed crystal grains that serve as a base for crystal grains of the underlayer, and an addition substance that is added between the seed crystal grains and composed of an element having an atomic radius smaller than that of an element forming the seed crystal grains.
摘要:
A method for manufacturing a magnetic recording medium for perpendicular magnetic recording includes the steps of forming a first magnetic layer which has magnetic crystal grains exhibiting perpendicular magnetic anisotropy and nonmagnetic substances for magnetically separating the magnetic crystal grains from each other at grain boundaries of the magnetic crystal grains, forming a second magnetic layer which has magnetic grains exchange-coupled to the magnetic crystal grains, a grain boundary width of the magnetic grains being smaller than a grain boundary width of the magnetic crystal grains, and forming separation regions which magnetically separate tracks from each other in regions between the tracks of the magnetic recording medium in at least the second magnetic layer. The separation regions are disposed substantially only in the second magnetic layer of the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer.
摘要:
The present invention provides a perpendicular magnetic recording medium that can reduce noise by further size reduction and isolation of magnetic grains in a magnetic recording layer and can increase the recording density by improvement of the SNR. A typical configuration of a perpendicular magnetic recording medium according to the present invention is a perpendicular magnetic recording medium having a magnetic recording layer with a granular structure in which non-magnetic grain boundary portions are formed between magnetic grains that have grown continuously in a columnar shape, wherein the grain boundary portions contain a plurality of kinds of oxides.
摘要:
An object of the present invention is to achieve thinning of an auxiliary recording layer while maintaining the function thereof to improve SNR.A representative configuration of a perpendicular magnetic disk according to the present invention includes, on abase, a granular magnetic layer 160, and a auxiliary recording layer 180 disposed as an upper layer of the granular magnetic layer 160, wherein the granular magnetic layer 160 has a granular structure in which a grain boundary portion is formed by segregation of a non-magnetic substance containing an oxide as a main component around magnetic particles containing a CoCrPt alloy grown in a columnar shape as a main component, and the auxiliary recording layer 180 contains a CoCrPtRu alloy as a main component and has a film thickness of 1.5 nm to 4.0 nm.
摘要:
A vertical magnetic recording disc (100) includes a base (10), a magnetic recording layer (22), and a medium protection layer (26). The magnetic recording layer (22) is a ferromagnetic layer having a granular structure where a granular portion is formed. The medium protection layer (26) contains nitrogen (N) atoms and carbon (C) atoms with a number ratio (N/C) in a range from 0.050 to 0.150. In a Raman spectrum obtained by exciting the medium protection layer (26) by argon ion laser light of wavelength 514.5 nm, from which a fluorescence is removed, the peak ratio Dh/Gh is in a range from 0.70 to 0.95, when a D peak Dh appearing in the vicinity of 1350 cm−1 is separated from G peak Gh appearing in the vicinity of 1520 cm−1 by the Gauss function.
摘要:
An object of the present invention is to provide a method of manufacturing a perpendicular magnetic recording medium (100) in which both of a coercive force Hc and reliability can be achieved at a higher level even with heating at the time of forming a medium protective layer (126) and to provide the perpendicular magnetic recording medium (100). Thus, in a typical structure of the present invention, in the method of manufacturing the perpendicular magnetic recording medium (100) including at least a magnetic recording layer (122b), which is a ferromagnetic layer of a granular structure in which a non-magnetic grain boundary part is formed between crystal grains each grown in a columnar shape, and a medium protective layer (126) with carbon hydride as a main component in this order on a disk base (110), the method includes a magnetic recording layer forming step of forming the magnetic recording layer (122b) so that the grain boundary part contains oxides of a plurality of types and a medium protective layer forming step of forming the medium protective layer (126) in a state where the disk base (110) having the magnetic recording layer (122b) formed thereon is heated at 160 to 200 degrees Celsius.
摘要:
A perpendicular magnetic recording medium includes a substrate, a soft magnetic layer, a pre-underlayer, an underlayer, and a main recording layer serving as a magnetic recording layer. The pre-underlayer contains seed crystal grains that serve as a base for crystal grains of the underlayer, and an addition substance that is added between the seed crystal grains and composed of an element having an atomic radius smaller than that of an element forming the seed crystal grains.
摘要:
[Object] To provide a manufacturing method that can easily enhance a reversed domain nucleation magnetic field of a magnetic recording layer in a perpendicular magnetic recording medium having, over a substrate, a soft magnetic layer, the magnetic recording layer having a granular structure, and a continuous layer having a high perpendicular magnetic anisotropy.[Solution] A perpendicular magnetic recording medium manufacturing method according to this invention is characterized by including a soft magnetic layer forming step of forming a soft magnetic layer over a substrate, a magnetic recording layer forming step of forming a magnetic recording layer having a granular structure as an upper layer of the soft magnetic layer, a continuous layer forming step of forming a continuous layer having a perpendicular magnetic anisotropy as an upper layer or a lower layer of the magnetic recording layer, and a heating step of heating a medium, obtained by forming the continuous layer in the continuous layer forming step, for improving a value of a reversed domain nucleation magnetic field.
摘要:
An object of the present invention is to provide a perpendicular magnetic recording medium the SNR of which is further improved while a high coercive force Hc is secured so that a higher recoding density can be achieved.The structure of a perpendicular magnetic recording medium 100 according to the present invention includes, on a base, at least a first magnetic recording layer 122a having a granular structure in which a non-magnetic grain boundary portion is formed between crystal particles grown in a columnar shape; a non-magnetic split layer 122b containing Ru disposed on the first magnetic layer; and a second magnetic recording layer 122c that is disposed on the split layer and that has a granular structure in which a non-magnetic grain boundary portion is formed between crystal particles grown in a columnar shape, wherein the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer contain oxides that form the grain boundary, and when an oxide content of the first magnetic layer is represented by A and an oxide content of the second magnetic layer is represented by B, a relationship between the oxide contents A/B is in the range of 0.5