L10 FePt-based thin films for future perpendicular magnetic recording media (original) (raw)

2014, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials

Current magnetic recording media using perpendicular CoCrPt-Oxide granular films are reaching their physical limit (approx 750 Gbit/in2 density) due to thermal fluctuations that hinder a further reduction of grain size (<6–7 nm) needed to scale down the bit size. L10-FePt alloy is currently considered the most promising candidate for future recording media with areal densities above 1 Tbit/in2 thanks to its high magneto-crystalline anisotropy (K=6–10 MJ/m3), which enables it to be thermally stable even at grain sizes down to 3 nm. However, its huge anisotropy implies an increase of the switching field, which cannot be afforded by current available write heads. To simultaneously address the writability and thermal stability requirements, exchange coupled composite media, combining two or multiphase hard and soft materials, where the hard phase provides thermal stability and the soft phase reduces the switching field, have been recently proposed. This paper briefly reviews the fund...

Low-temperature deposition of L1 0 FePt films for ultra-high density magnetic recording

Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 2006

A method based on strain-induced phase transformation was used to lower the ordering temperature of FePt films. The strain resulted from the lattice mismatch between the FePt film and the substrate or underlayer favored the ordering. The relationships between the lattice mismatch, the ordering of FePt film, and the corresponding magnetic anisotropic constant were investigated. A critical lattice mismatch near

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