Co-Cr recording films with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy

For a new perpendicular magnetic recording system, a Co-Cr recording film with perpendicular anisotropy has been developed by an RF sputtering. The Co-Cr films are found to show some suitable properties for high density recording such as perpendicular anisotropy, a rectangular M-H loop, and fine grain structure. An extremely high recording density of 100,000 bits/inch was realized by using the Co-Cr film. The crystal and microscopic structure of the films are also discussed, and the perpendicular anisotropy of the Co-Cr films is mainly originated from the uniaxial magneto-crystalline anisotropy.