Remanent head field study of single pole-type head based on micromagnetics

The magnetization configurations within the pole tip of the single-pole-type head have been examined through a micromagnetic computer simulation based on the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation. The aspect ratio, including the effect of the exchange length (L-ex), was defined as the ratio of the throat height (T-h) to the write-track width (T-ww) and the thickness (T-p), which is given (T(h)xL(ex))/(T(ww)xT(p)). It was found that the magnetization configuration and the perpendicular component of remanent head field (Hr) are strongly dominated by this aspect ratio at any value of T-ww. It was also found that there is a characteristic aspect ratio at which Hr starts to decrease. These results show that decreasing the aspect ratio is an effective way to reduce the intensity of the remanent head field. (C) 2003 American Institute of Physics.