• DocumentCode
    1529965
  • Title

    Theory of antiferromagnetically coupled magnetic recording media

  • Author

    Schabes, Manfred E. ; Fullerton, Eric E. ; Margulies, David T.

  • Author_Institution
    IBM Almaden Res. Center, San Jose, CA, USA
  • Volume
    37
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    7/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1432
  • Lastpage
    1434
  • Abstract
    A theoretical overview of antiferromagnetically coupled media (AFC media) is presented for the case where the AFC medium has two ferromagnetic films that are coupled antiferromagnetically via a thin polarization layer. Attention is focused on AFC-slave media where the top layer governs the remanent magnetization. It is demonstrated that such media behave like an effectively thin single layer magnetic recording medium in terms of improved pulse width, while the magnetic stability of AFC grains is governed by the thicker top layer
  • Keywords
    magnetic recording; magnetic thin films; remanence; AFC slave medium; antiferromagnetically coupled medium; ferromagnetic thin film; grain volume; magnetic recording; magnetic stability; micromagnetic model; polarization layer; pulse width; remanent magnetization; Antiferromagnetic materials; Automatic frequency control; Couplings; Magnetic anisotropy; Magnetic films; Magnetic recording; Micromagnetics; Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy; Polarization; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9464
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/20.950862
  • Filename
    950862