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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2009
Ryosaku Inamura, Kawasaki, JP;
Yuta Toyoda, Kawasaki, JP;
Ryosaku Inamura, Kawasaki, JP;
Yuta Toyoda, Kawasaki, JP;
Showa Denko K. K., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A perpendicular magnetic recording medium includes a nonmagnetic seed layer, a nonmagnetic intermediate layer provided on the nonmagnetic seed layer, and a perpendicular recording layer provided on the nonmagnetic intermediate layer. The nonmagnetic seed layer includes a first seed layer made of an amorphous material, and a second seed layer provided between the first seed layer and the nonmagnetic intermediate layer and made of a material having a fcc structure. The amorphous material includes at least one element selected from a group consisting of Ta, W, Nb, Mo, Zr and alloys thereof which include at least one of Ta, W, Nb, Mo and Zr as a main component exceeding 50 at. %.