• DocumentCode
    3547834
  • Title

    Elliptical-shaped beam laser texturing on magnetic disks

  • Author

    Pan, Z. ; Xuan, J. ; Thanh Nguyen ; Yang, S. ; Shih, C.

  • Author_Institution
    Seagate Recording Media, Milpitas, CA, USA
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    3-8 May 1998
  • Firstpage
    527
  • Lastpage
    528
  • Abstract
    Summary form only given. We report laser texturing on NiP/Al magnetic disks using an elliptical-shaped Gaussian beam. The elliptical-shaped laser beam creates elongated streamline bumps on the disk surface. These elliptical-shaped bumps have a smooth profile along their elongated axis. An improved tribological performance has been observed for the textured landing zone using an elliptical-shaped laser beam.
  • Keywords
    hard discs; laser materials processing; stiction; surface texture; surface treatment; wear resistance; NiP; NiP-Al; NiP/Al disks; conjugated anamorphic prism pair; disk surface; elliptical-shaped Gaussian beam; elliptical-shaped beam laser texturing; elongated axis; elongated streamline bumps; magnetic disks; smooth profile; textured landing zone; tribological performance; wear durability; Atomic force microscopy; Atomic measurements; Circuits; Force measurement; Laser beams; Optical pulses; Shape; Thermal expansion; Tunneling; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1998. CLEO 98. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-339-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.1998.676587
  • Filename
    676587