NOISE CHARACTERISTICS OF BARIUM FERRITE PARTICULATE RIGID DISKS

This paper discusses the relationship between the noise characteristics and magnetic properties of longitudinal barium ferrite (Ba-F) rigid disks with different switching field distributions (SFD). The magnetomotive force dependencies of reverse dc-erase (RDC) noise are measured and compared with SFD values. Coated disks with acicular magnetic particles have dips and thin-film disks peaks in the RDC. In Ba-F disks, both cases are observed depending on the SFD values, though the depths or heights of the RDC noise are much smaller than those of coated disks with acicular particles or thin-film disks. Disks with small SFD values have peaks, and disks with large SFD values have dips. In order to find the relationship between noise properties and magnetic properties, interparticle interactions in Ba-F disks are investigated. Reverse dc remanence I(d)(H) and ac-demagnetized isothermal remanence I(r)(H) are measured. Both are normalized by the saturation remanence. The deviation from the noninteracting system, DELTA-M = I(d)(H) - [1 - 2I(r)(H)] and an interaction field factor (IFF) given by (H(r)' - H(r))/H(c), are derived from these remanent properties. Here, H(r)' is the field corresponding to 50% of the remanent magnetization, H(r) is remanence coercivity. In Ba-F disks, DELTA-M shows positive interactions, and the peak heights of DELTA-M increase and IFF decrease with decreasing SFD values. Positive interactions between Ba-F particles seem to be caused by particle stacking. Therefore, particle stacking results in small SFD values and peak-type RDC noise.