GRAIN-SIZE EFFECT ON NOISE PROPERTIES IN COCRTA THIN-FILM MEDIA

被引:3
作者
KOJIMA, S [1 ]
FUKAYA, S [1 ]
YAHISA, Y [1 ]
HOSOE, Y [1 ]
KODAMA, N [1 ]
机构
[1] HITACHI LTD,CENT RES LAB,TOKYO 185,JAPAN
关键词
Media noise - Micromagnetization - Recording density - Underlayer;
D O I
10.1109/20.490166
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Grain growth of Cr and CoCrTa thin film was examined using high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) and high resolution scanning microscopy (HRSEM). The effect of crystallography on media noise was studied. The grain size of the CoCrTa thin film increases with thickness and retains a hi-crystal structure over a range of Cr grain size. Media noise at a high recording density seems to increase with the grain size of Cr underlayer surface. This suggests that the micromagnetization process can be influenced by a bi-crystal structure of Co alloy films at their initial layers.
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页码:2830 / 2832
页数:3
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