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1796 The effect of external magnetic field on mark size in heat-assisted probe recording on CoNi/Pt multilayers
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Zhang, Li and Bain, J.A. and Zhu, Jian-Gang and Abelmann, L. and Onoue, T. (2006) The effect of external magnetic field on mark size in heat-assisted probe recording on CoNi/Pt multilayers. Journal of applied physics, 99 (023902). pp. 1-5. ISSN 0021-8979 *** ISI Impact 2,064 ***

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2162272

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Abstract

A method of heat-assisted magnetic recording potentially suitable for probe-based storage systems is characterized. In this work, field-emission current from a scanning tunneling microscope tip isused as the heating source. Pulse voltages of 2-7 V were applied to a CoNi/Pt multilayered film. During heating, various external magnetic fields were applied. Experimental results show that apositive magnetic field increases mark size while a negative field decreases mark size, compared to the case of writing without an external field in which an average mark size of 170 nm was achieved.In addition, a positive field reduces the threshold voltage of writing as well. A synthesized model is built to quantitatively simulate the experimental results. It includes the model of emission current,heat transfer, and dynamics of magnetic domains in the film. Simulation results show that the calculated mark size in various cases is consistent with experimental results. Based on this model,we will be able to figure out the proposals to achieve small marks for the goal of 1 Tbit/ in.2 recording density.

Item Type:Article
Research Group:EWI-SMI: Systems and Materials for Information storage, EWI-TST: Transducers Science and Technology
Research Program:MESA-General
Research Project:uSPAM: A high capacity low volume Scanning Probe Array Memory for application in embedded systems
ID Code:1796
Status:Published
Deposited On:09 October 2007
Refereed:Yes
International:Yes
ISI Impact Factor:2,064
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