Seagate Technology Incorporated

North American Philips Corporation

John A Rice

Michael C Kautzky

Jie Gong

Steven Carl Riemer

Xuelian Xu

Paul F Michalek

John Kirchberg

Hilton Erskine

Venkateswara R Inturi

Erik Jon Hutchinson

Hong Ying Wang

Ibro Tabakovic

Steve C Riemer

Robbee Lee Grimm

Paul A Jallen

Lyle P Cox

Charles Ericson

A data storage device comprising a recording head having a high damping magnetic alloy layer including at least one magnetic alloy element, and a 5d transition element; the high damping magnetic alloy layer having a mixed face-centered cubic (fcc) and body-centered cubic (bcc) crystal structure, and the mixed fcc and bcc crystal structure comprising fcc and bcc grains, with the bcc grains having an elongated shape relative to the fcc grains, a larger size than the fcc grains, and slip deformation, thereby providing the high damping magnetic alloy layer with a damping constant of up to about 0.07.

Electrodeposition of high damping magnetic alloys

A method includes immersing a wafer in an electrolyte including a plurality of compounds having elements of a thermally stable soft magnetic material. The method also includes applying a combined stepped and pulsed current to the wafer when the wafer is immersed in an electrolyte. The wafer is removed from the electrolyte when a layer of the thermally stable soft magnetic material is formed on the wafer.

Electrodeposition of thermally stable alloys

A method includes immersing a wafer in an electrolyte including a plurality of compounds having elements of a high damping magnetic alloy with very low impurity and small uniform grain size. The method also includes applying a pulsed current with a certain range of duty cycle and pulse length to the wafer when the wafer is immersed in an electrolyte. The wafer is removed from the electrolyte when a layer of the high damping magnetic alloy is formed on the wafer.

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A magnetic head for use in magnetic data storage systems is provided. The magnetic head includes a substantially non-magnetic writer gap layer and pair of magnetic poles separated by the writer gap layer. A first of the poles includes a first layer formed of a CoNiFe alloy that has a saturation magnetic moment greater than 2.1 Tesla. Methods of fabricating such a head are also disclosed.

Electrodeposited high-magnetic-moment material at writer gap pole

A surface smooth enough to allow the formation thereon of a single domain magnetic element is obtained by covering a polished layer with a thin layer of the same material, to smooth sharp edges and corners. The resulting structure is useful in thin film magnetic heads.

Composite structure with single domain magnetic element, and thin film

Method of making composite structure with single domain magnetic element

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