Abstract:
A heat-assisted magnetic recording medium that includes a substrate, underlayers formed on the substrate, and a magnetic layer which is formed on the underlayers and contains either an FePt alloy having an L10 structure or a CoPt alloy having an L10 structure as a main component, wherein the underlayers include a first underlayer formed from an amorphous alloy, a second underlayer formed from an alloy having a BCC structure containing Cr as a main component and also containing at least one element selected from among Ti, Mo, W, V, Mn and Ru, and a third underlayer formed from MgO. Also, a magnetic storage device that uses the heat-assisted magnetic recording medium.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a thermally assisted magnetic recording medium comprising a substrate, a plurality of underlayers formed on the substrate, and a magnetic layer which is formed on the underlayers and predominantly comprised of an alloy having an L10 structure, characterized in that at least one of said underlayers is predominantly comprised of MgO and comprises at least one kind of an element having a free energy for oxidation of, per mol of oxygen, not higher than −120 kcal/mol·O2 at 1000° C. The element having the free energy for oxidation is preferably selected from Al, Si, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Zr and B. The thermally assisted magnetic recording medium has a magnetic layer comprised of magnetic crystal grains with uniform diameters, and exhibiting a sufficiently weak exchange coupling between magnetic grains.
Abstract:
An antiferromagnetically coupled (AFC) magnetic recording medium with an AFC master layer comprising at least two magnetic layers with the top magnetic layer including copper is described. The slave layer is separated from the master layer structure by a nonmagnetic spacer layer selected to antiferromagnetically couple the layers. The master layer structure according to the invention includes a bottom and top layer of distinct ferromagnetic materials. Preferably, the top layer of the master layer is a cobalt alloy including from 1 to 5 at. % copper with an example being CoPt13Cr20B8Cu2. The AFC magnetic layer structure can be used with a variety of substrates including circumferentially textured glass and NiP/AlMg.
Abstract translation:描述了具有包括至少两个具有顶部磁性层包括铜的磁性层的AFC主层的反铁磁耦合(AFC)磁记录介质。 通过选择用于反铁磁耦合层的非磁性间隔层将从属层与主层结构分离。 根据本发明的主层结构包括不同铁磁材料的底层和顶层。 优选地,主层的顶层是包括1至5个的钴合金。 %铜,例如CoPt 13 C 20 20 B 2 Cu 2。 AFC磁性层结构可以与各种基材一起使用,包括圆周纹理玻璃和NiP / AlMg。
Abstract:
An inplane magnetic recording medium having high S/N and thermal stability and a reliable magnetic storage device having surface recording density of 50 megabit/mm2 or more is described. The magnetic recording medium includes magnetic layers formed on a nonmagnetic substrate with a plurality of ground layers therebetween, at least one of the ground layers formed from an alloy of a body-centered cubic structure containing Cr as a main component and B of from 2 atomic % to 12 atomic %. Main components of the magnetic layers include a lower magnetic layer containing Co and Cr of from 10 atomic % to 16 atomic %, with film thickness of from 1.5 nm to 4.5 nm, and an upper magnetic layer containing Co, coupling anti-ferromagnetically with the lower magnetic layer through nonmagnetic intermediate layers.
Abstract:
A magnetic recording system includes an in-plane magnetic recording medium having a magnetic layer fabricated on a single underlayer or on a plurality of underlayers respectively fabricated on a substrate; a driver unit for driving the in-plane magnetic recording medium in a write direction; a magnetic head having a read unit and a write unit; a unit for moving the magnetic head relative to the in-plane magnetic recording medium; and a read/write signal processing unit for reading an output signal from the magnetic head and writing an input signal to the magnetic recording media, wherein the read unit of the magnetic head is a magnetoresistive head and the single underlayer or at least one of the plurality of underlayers is made of Co-containing amorphous material or fine crystal material, or is made of alloy material, the alloy material having as the main components at least one element selected from a group consisting of Cr, Mo, V and Ta and containing at least one element selected from a group consisting of B, C, P and Bi. The magnetic recording system can be realized which can read and write high density information and have high reliability.
Abstract:
In a magnetic storage apparatus having a magnetic recording medium, a drive unit for driving this medium in a prespecified recording direction, a magnetic head assembly including a recorder section and reproduction section, means for causing the magnetic head to move relatively with respect to the magnetic record medium, and a record/playback signal processor means for performing signal inputting to the magnetic head and for effecting reproduction of an output signal from the magnetic head, the reproduction section of said magnetic head is composed of a magnetic head of the magneto-resistance effect type, while said magnetic record medium is structured including a substrate and a magnetic layer formed thereover with one or several underlayers being sandwiched therebetween, wherein at least one of the underlayers is a specific layer that is made of amorphous or microcrystalline materials containing therein Ni as the principal or main component thereof and further containing at least one kind of element as selected from the group consisting of Nb and Ta.
Abstract:
It is an object of the present invention to provide a magnetic recording medium which has a magnetic layer deposited on a substrate through a single-layer underlayer or a multilayer-underlayer, the magnetic layer includes magnetic crystal grains having an acicular structure or amorphous magnetic particles, an average grain size of the magnetic grain and a grain-size dispersion normalized by the average grain size are less than 16 nm and less than 0.5, respectively, a value Ku.multidot.v/kT which results from dividing a product of a magnetic anisotropy constant Ku and a volume v of the magnetic grain by a product of a Boltzmann constant k and an absolute temperature T is selected to be greater than 60, and a film thickness of the magnetic layer falls within twice of the average grain size. Thus, there can be realized a magnetic recording system in which a media noise can be reduced, a high S/N and a low bit error rate can be obtained and which has a high recording density of 2 gigabits per one square inches and an MTBF (mean time between failure) of higher than 300000 hours.
Abstract:
A skin irritation alleviation agent composed of a polyoxyalkylene-modified organopolysiloxane is provided. Various compositions including skin external application compositions, cosmetic or similar compositions (e.g., an adhesive composition for a false eyelash, a decolorant composition, a depilatory composition, and an eyeliner composition) containing a polyoxyalkylene-modified organosiloxane are also provided. This alleviation agent has a low skin irritation effect and extremely high safety factor when used on the human body.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a thermally assisted magnetic recording medium comprising a substrate, a plurality of underlayers formed on the substrate, and a magnetic layer which is formed on the underlayers and predominantly comprised of an alloy having a L10 structure, characterized in that at least one of the underlayers is predominantly comprised of MgO and comprises at least one oxide selected from SiO2, TiO2, Cr2O3, Al2O3, Ta2O5, ZrO2, Y2O3, CeO2, MnO, TiO and ZnO. The thermally assisted magnetic recording medium has a magnetic layer comprised of fine magnetic crystal grains, exhibiting a sufficiently weak exchange coupling between magnetic grains, and having a minimized coercive force dispersion.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a thermally assisted magnetic recording medium comprising a substrate, a plurality of underlayers formed on the substrate, and a magnetic layer which is formed on the underlayers and predominantly comprised of an alloy having a L10 structure, characterized in that at least one of the underlayers is predominantly comprised of MgO and comprises at least one kind of a metal element having a melting point of at least 2,000° C., such as Nb, Mo, Ru, Ta or W. The thermally assisted magnetic recording medium has magnetic crystal grains having uniform size in the magnetic layer, and has a narrow switching field distribution (SFD), and a magnetic recording storage provided with the thermally assisted magnetic recording medium exhibits a high SN ratio.