Effects of Thermal and Cross-Track Variations for Longitudinal Heat-Assisted Magnetic Recording Systems

Abstract:

The current data recording technology is approaching its capacity limit approximately 1 Tbit/in² (terabits per square inch) known as superparamagnetic limit. Heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) is one of the promising technologies that is being planned to be used as a new data recording technology to achieve the storage capacity beyond 1 Tbit/in². In HAMR, the laser is applied to heat a magnetic medium during the writing process, which results in the unique transition characteristics if compared to a conventional system. This paper investigates the effects of thermal and cross-track variations to the transition characteristics (both transition center and transition parameter) of longitudinal HAMR systems. Experimental results indicate that the longitudinal HAMR system can withstand some amount of thermal and cross-track variations and still provides satisfactory system performance.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 770)
• Pages: 331-334
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.770.331
• Online since: September 2013
• Authors: Piya Kovintavewat, Adisorn Kaewpukdee, Nitthita Chirdchoo
• Keywords: Cross-Track Variation, Longitudinal HAMR System, Thermal Variation, Transition Characteristics

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