Magnetic recording media with antiferromagnetically coupled host layer for the magnetic recording layer
First Claim
1. A magnetic recording disk comprising:
- a substrate;
a nonferromagnetic underlayer on the substrate;
a host layer on the underlayer and comprising a first cobalt alloy ferromagnetic film having a thickness t1 and a magnetization M1, a nonferromagnetic spacer film of a material selected from the group consisting of ruthenium (Ru), chromium (Cr), rhodium (Rh), iridium (Ir), copper (Cu), and their alloys formed on and in contact with the first ferromagnetic film, and a second cobalt alloy ferromagnetic film formed on and in contact with the spacer film and having a thickness t2 and a magnetization M2, the spacer film having a thickness sufficient to induce the second ferromagnetic film to be exchange coupled antiferromagnetically to the first ferromagnetic film across the spacer film, and wherein the magnetic moments per unit area (M1×
t1) and (M2×
t2) of the first and second ferromagnetic films, respectively, are different from one another;
a magnetic recording layer on and in contact with the second ferromagnetic film of the host layer, the magnetic recording layer having a composition different from the composition of the second ferromagnetic film and being ferromagnetically coupled with the second ferromagnetic film; and
a protective overcoat formed on the magnetic recording layer.
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Abstract
A magnetic recording disk has a magnetic recording layer formed on a special multilayered “host” layer. The host layer is a “synthetic antiferromagnetically”, i.e., at least two ferromagnetic films that are exchange-coupled antiferromagnetically (AF) to one another across a nonferromagnetic spacer film so that their magnetic moments are oriented antiparallel. The magnetic recording layer has a different composition from the top ferromagnetic film in the host layer and is ferromagnetically coupled to the top ferromagnetic film of the host layer. The magnetic volume V of the composite structure (magnetic recording layer and host layer) that determines the thermal stability will be approximately the sum of the volumes of the grains in the magnetic recording layer and the AF-coupled ferromagnetic films of the host layer. However, the magnetic moment of the composite structure is primarily just the moment from the magnetic recording layer because the host layer is designed to have essentially no net magnetic moment.
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5 Claims
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1. A magnetic recording disk comprising:
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a substrate;
a nonferromagnetic underlayer on the substrate;
a host layer on the underlayer and comprising a first cobalt alloy ferromagnetic film having a thickness t1 and a magnetization M1, a nonferromagnetic spacer film of a material selected from the group consisting of ruthenium (Ru), chromium (Cr), rhodium (Rh), iridium (Ir), copper (Cu), and their alloys formed on and in contact with the first ferromagnetic film, and a second cobalt alloy ferromagnetic film formed on and in contact with the spacer film and having a thickness t2 and a magnetization M2, the spacer film having a thickness sufficient to induce the second ferromagnetic film to be exchange coupled antiferromagnetically to the first ferromagnetic film across the spacer film, and wherein the magnetic moments per unit area (M1×
t1) and (M2×
t2) of the first and second ferromagnetic films, respectively, are different from one another;
a magnetic recording layer on and in contact with the second ferromagnetic film of the host layer, the magnetic recording layer having a composition different from the composition of the second ferromagnetic film and being ferromagnetically coupled with the second ferromagnetic film; and
a protective overcoat formed on the magnetic recording layer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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