Multilayer CoCrTa thin film media with Cr or Ag interlayers

Author

Feng, Y.C. ; Laughlin, D.E. ; Lambeth, D.N.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mater. Sci. & Eng., Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Volume

31

Issue

6

fYear

1995

fDate

11/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2845

Lastpage

2847

Abstract

The magnetic properties and recording performance of multilayer CoCrTa thin film media with Cr or Ag interlayers are investigated. It is found that the coercivities and coercivity squareness of the films with Ag interlayers could be higher than that of the films with Cr interlayers. Recording tests show that the disks with Ag interlayers are noisier than the disks without an interlayer and the disks with a Cr interlayer. It is proposed that the increase in media noise when Ag was used as an interlayer is due to the RKKY coupling among magnetic grains through Ag

Keywords

RKKY interaction; chromium; chromium alloys; cobalt alloys; coercive force; magnetic multilayers; magnetic recording noise; silver; sputtered coatings; tantalum alloys; Ag interlayers; CoCrTa-Ag; CoCrTa-Cr; Cr interlayers; RF diode sputtering; RKKY coupling; coercivities; coercivity squareness; magnetic grains; magnetic properties; media noise; multilayer CoCrTa thin film media; recording noise; recording performance; Chromium; Coercive force; Disk recording; Magnetic films; Magnetic multilayers; Magnetic noise; Magnetic properties; Magnetic recording; Nonhomogeneous media; Transistors;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/20.490171

Filename

490171