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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 14, 1995
Yoji Arita, Yokohama, JP;
Yuzo Seo, Yokohama, JP;
Toshihiko Kuriyama, Yokohama, JP;
Ryuichi Yoshiyama, Yokohama, JP;
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A texturing apparatus for applying a texturing to a magnetic recording medium, such as a magnetic disk including a hard drive. A substrate such as a magnetic disk is held by a substrate rotating system, which is capable of rotating the substrate. A movable laser beam source including an electro-optic modulation circuit directs a laser beam through a focusing element onto the surface of the substrate. The modulation circuit allows the laser beam to pulse at a frequency from 0.1 to 100 MHz. The focusing element allows a laser beam spot diameter of 0.2 to 4 .mu.m on the surface of the substrate. This texturing includes texturing the magnetic head contact start and stop (CSS) area of hard disks.