A Study of Fabrication Process for L10 FePt-Based HAMR Media

Autor: J.Z. Shi, Kelvin Cher, Jiang Feng Hu, Yi Yang, Hnin Yu Yu Ko, Lay Geok Ng, Tiejun Zhou
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. 50:1-4
ISSN: 1941-0069
0018-9464
Popis: The effect of the fabrication process on magnetic, textural, and microstructural properties of the L 10 ordered FePt heat-assisted magnetic recording media with basic structure of NiTa/MgO/X/FePt-C/FePt-SiO 2 was investigated. Compared with the one-step heating process, both postannealing and two-step heating processes enhanced the chemical ordering of FePt. The two-step heating sample demonstrated improved lateral grain isolation and smaller grain sizes. Results suggested that the higher deposition temperature could improve the phase separation of FePt and SiO 2 , thus improving the microstructure of FePt-based granular films. Diffusion of Ta from NiTa seedlayer into MgO underlayer was also observed causing the amorphization of the MgO near the NiTa/MgO interface.
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