Magnetic head and magnetic recording/reproducing device

• US 8,824,104 B1
• Filed: 10/07/2013
• Issued: 09/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Koui, Katsuhiko, Murakami, Shuichi
• Primary Examiner(s): BLOUIN, MARK S
• Application Number:
  US14/047,359
• Time in Patent Office: 330 Days
• Field of Search: 360/125.3
• US Class Current: 360/125.3
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2005/0024 Microwave assisted recording
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 5/1278 specially adapted for magnetisations perpendicular to the surface of the record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 5/235 Selection of material for gap filler G11B5/232 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 5/314 where the layers are extra layers normally not provided in the transducing structure, e.g. optical layers G11B5/3196 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 5/3146 magnetic layers

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a magnetic head according to the embodiment includes a main magnetic pole, a spin torque oscillator, and an auxiliary magnetic pole. The spin torque oscillator includes a spin injection layer, a nonmagnetic intermediate layer, and an oscillation layer. The spin injection layer has an artificial lattice film obtained by stacking a first metal layer of a Heusler alloy and a second metal layer including at least one of platinum, palladium, and nickel two times or more repeatedly, and the first metal layer has a thickness of 0.3 to 3.5 nm.

Claims

1. A magnetic head comprising:

a main magnetic pole which applies a record magnetic field to a magnetic recording medium;

an auxiliary magnetic pole configured to form a magnetic circuit together with the main magnetic pole; and

a spin torque oscillator formed between the main magnetic pole and the auxiliary magnetic pole;

wherein the spin torque oscillator includes a spin injection layer formed on one of the main magnetic pole and the auxiliary magnetic pole, a nonmagnetic intermediate layer formed on the spin injection layer, and an oscillation layer formed on the nonmagnetic intermediate layer,

the spin injection layer has an artificial lattice film obtained by stacking a first metal layer of a Heusler alloy and a second metal layer which is formed on the first metal layer and includes at least one of platinum, palladium, and nickel two times or more repeatedly, and

the first metal layer has a thickness of 0.3 to 3.5 nm.

2. The magnetic head according to claim 1, wherein the first metal layer is represented by the composition formula ABC:

wherein A is 40 to 60 atomic % of Co, B is 20 to 30 atomic % of an Fe—

Mn alloy, C is 20 to 30 atomic % of Si, and the total of A, B, and C is 100 atomic % or

A is 40 to 60 atomic % of Co, B is 20 to 30 atomic % of Mn, C is 20 to 30 atomic % of Si, and the total of A, B, and C is 100 atomic % or

A is 40 to 60 atomic % of Co, B is 20 to 30 atomic % of Fe, C is 20 to 30 atomic % of an Al—

Si alloy, and the total of A, B, and C is 100 atomic % or

A is 40 to 60 atomic % of Co, B is 20 to 30 atomic % of Fe, C is 20 to 30 atomic % of a Ga—

Ge alloy, and the total of A, B, and C is 100 atomic %.

3. The magnetic head according to claim 1, wherein the second metal layer has a thickness of greater than 0.2 nm and not more than 1.5 nm.

4. A magnetic recording/reproducing device comprising:

a magnetic head including a main magnetic pole which applies a record magnetic field to a magnetic recording medium;

an auxiliary magnetic pole configured to form a magnetic circuit together with the main magnetic pole; and

a spin torque oscillator formed between the main magnetic pole and the auxiliary magnetic pole;

wherein the spin torque oscillator includes a spin injection layer formed on one of the main magnetic pole and the auxiliary magnetic pole, a nonmagnetic intermediate layer formed on the spin injection layer, and an oscillation layer formed on the nonmagnetic intermediate layer,

the spin injection layer has an artificial lattice film obtained by stacking a first metal layer of a Heusler alloy and a second metal layer which is formed on the first metal layer and includes at least one of platinum, palladium, and nickel two times or more repeatedly, and

the first metal layer has a thickness of 0.3 to 3.5 nm.

5. The magnetic recording/reproducing device according to claim 4, wherein the first metal layer is represented by the composition formula ABC:

wherein A is 40 to 60 atomic % of Co, B is 20 to 30 atomic % of an Fe—

Mn alloy, C is 20 to 30 atomic % of Si, and the total of A, B, and C is 100 atomic % or

A is 40 to 60 atomic % of Co, B is 20 to 30 atomic % of Mn, C is 20 to 30 atomic % of Si, and the total of A, B, and C is 100 atomic % or

A is 40 to 60 atomic % of Co, B is 20 to 30 atomic % of Fe, C is 20 to 30 atomic % of an Al—

Si alloy, and the total of A, B, and C is 100 atomic % or

A is 40 to 60 atomic % of Co, B is 20 to 30 atomic % of Fe, C is 20 to 30 atomic % of a Ga—

Ge alloy, and the total of A, B, and C is 100 atomic %.

6. The magnetic recording/reproducing device according to claim 4, wherein the second metal layer has a film thickness of greater than 0.2 nm and not more than 1.5 nm.