Wd Media, LLC

Western Digital Technologies, Inc.

Kumar Srinivasan

Antony Ajan

Mrugesh Desai

Tuqiang Li

Michael L Mallary

Gerardo Bertero

Pierre-Olivier Jubert

B Ramamurthy Acharya

Ning Ye

Paul Christopher Dorsey

Bhagwati Prasad

Alan Kalitsov

Tomoko Seki

Rui Zhang

Debashish Tripathy

George M Chapline

A data storage drive includes a magnetic recording media comprising a ferroelectric layer between a bottom electrode layer and a top electrode layer. An applied voltage to the ferroelectric layer generates a strain that is transferred to a ferromagnetic recording layer formed proximate to the ferroelectric layer. The change in strain transferred to the recording layer changes the magnetic properties of the recording layer. A voltage can be selectively applied to all or part of the ferroelectric layer to place the ferromagnetic recording layer in a low coercivity state to assist in writing data. Voltage-assisted magnetic recording (VAMR) is provided based upon control of a magnetic recording media comprising a ferroelectric layer between a bottom electrode layer and a top electrode layer.

Data storage device with voltage-assisted magnetic recording (VAMR) for high density magnetic recording

A method and system provide a magnetic recording media usable in a magnetic storage device. The magnetic recording media includes a substrate, at least one intermediate layer and a magnetic recording stack for storing magnetic data. The intermediate layer(s) include a majority phase having a first diffusion constant and a secondary phase having a second diffusion constant greater than the first diffusion constant. The magnetic recording stack residing on the intermediate layer such that the at least one intermediate layer is between the substrate and the magnetic recording stack.

Magnetic media having improved magnetic grain size distribution and intergranular segregation

Magnetic media having dual phase MgO-X seed layers with both MgO grains and segregants are provided. One such magnetic medium includes a substrate, a heatsink layer on the substrate, a dual phase seed layer on the heatsink layer, where the dual phase seed layer comprises MgO and a segregant, where a concentration of the MgO is greater than 50 percent by volume in the dual phase seed layer, and a magnetic recording layer including FePt on the dual phase seed layer.

Dual phase MgO-X seed layers for heat assisted magnetic recording media

A heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) medium includes a perpendicular magnetic recording layer (typically a chemically-ordered FePt alloy), a seed/thermal barrier layer (typically MgO) below the recording layer, and a heat-sink layer with anisotropic thermal conductivity below the seed/thermal barrier layer. The in-plane thermal conductivity of the heat-sink layer is greater than its out-of-plane thermal conductivity. The heat-sink layer may be selected from hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN), hexagonal graphite, and the 6H polytype of hexagonal silicon carbide (6H-SiC). If the heat-sink layer is h-BN, the h-BN layer is formed on a seed layer and has its c-axis oriented out-of-plane (substantially orthogonal to the surface of the medium substrate).

Heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) medium with heat-sink layer having anisotropic thermal conductivity

A magnetic recording medium for heat assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) including in ascending vertical sequence: (i) a substrate; (ii) a first amorphous layer, a first seed layer, or a combination thereof; (iii) a heat sink layer comprising hexagonal boron-nitride grains; (iv) an optional second amorphous layer; (v) an optional second seed layer; (vi) a magnetic recording layer; (vii) an optional capping layer; and (viii) an optional overcoat layer; wherein: the magnetic recording medium has a substrate plane and a basal plane perpendicular to the substrate plane; the heat sink layer is anisotropic and has an a-axis thermal conductivity in the basal plane and a c-axis thermal conductivity in the substrate plane, wherein the a-axis thermal conductivity is greater than the c-axis thermal conductivity; and the hexagonal boron-nitride grains have an average size of at least about 10 nm in the substrate plane. Also, provided is a method of manufacturing the magnetic recording medium for HAMR.

Heat assisted magnetic recording with an anisotropic heat sink

A heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) medium includes a substrate, a split heat-sink structure (SHSS) and a magnetic recording layer. The SHSS includes a first heat-sink layer disposed on the substrate, a heat-sink break layer (HSBL) disposed on the first heat-sink layer, and a second heat-sink layer disposed on the HSBL. The magnetic recording layer is disposed on the SHSS. The SHSS is configured to enable use of a reduced operating current of the laser while maintaining about the same write performance properties as a thermal barrier layer, heat-assisted magnetic recording (TBLHAMR) medium that includes a thermal barrier layer (TBL) and a heat-sink layer that is greater than about 20% thicker than the thickness of the SHSS. A HAMR data storage device that incorporates the HAMR medium within a HAMR disk, and a method for making the HAMR medium are also described.

Heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) medium including a split heat-sink structure (SHSS)

A heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) medium includes a substrate, a bi-layer, a heat-sink layer, and a magnetic-recording layer. The bi-layer includes a seed layer disposed on the substrate, and a thermal-transport-control layer (TTCL) disposed on seed layer. The heat-sink layer is disposed on the TTCL; and the magnetic-recording layer is disposed on the heat-sink layer. The bi-layer is configured to enable use of a 50% thinner heat-sink layer that allows use of a reduced operating current of a laser in HAMR write operations while maintaining about the same write performance parameters as a HAMR medium that includes a thermal-barrier layer (TBL) and twice as thick heat-sink layer. A HAMR data-storage device that incorporates the HAMR medium within a HAMR disk, and a method for making the HAMR medium are also described.

Heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) medium including a bi-layer that enables use of lower laser current in write operations

A recording medium having improved signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) capabilities includes a NiFeX-based magnetic seed layer over a soft magnetic underlayer, where X comprises an element that is soluble in and has a higher melting point than Ni. X may be selected from a group of elements, including ruthenium (Ru), which may facilitate growth of smaller grains and distributions in the corresponding magnetic recording layer(s).

NiFeX-based seed layer for magnetic recording media

Systems and methods for controlling the damping of magnetic media for heat assisted magnetic recording are provided. One such system includes a heat sink layer, a growth layer on the heat sink layer, a magnetic recording layer on the growth layer, where the growth layer is configured to facilitate a growth of a preselected crystalline structure of the magnetic recording layer, and a capping magnetic recording layer on the magnetic recording layer, the capping recording layer including a first material configured to increase a damping constant of the capping recording layer to a first preselected level.

Systems and methods for controlling damping of magnetic media for heat assisted magnetic recording

Embodiments of the present invention include a recording medium comprising: a hard magnetic recording layer and an interlayer disposed under the hard magnetic recording layer, wherein the interlayer comprises an upper layer of Ru-based alloy and a lower layer of RuCo or ReCo alloy. Generally for embodiments of the present invention, the lower layer of RuCo or ReCo alloy is formed over a seed layer using a low-pressure sputter process, and the upper layer of Ru-based alloy is formed over the lower layer using a high-pressure sputter process.

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