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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2009
Reiko Arai, Kanagawa, JP;
Niroyuki Nakagawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Reiko Arai, Kanagawa, JP;
Niroyuki Nakagawa, Kanagawa, JP;
HGST Netherlands B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a perpendicular magnetic recording medium includes a soft magnetic underlayer having an amorphous structure or a microcrystalline structure, a first seed layer comprised of a magnetic material having an fcc crystal structure including a CoFe alloy formed on a substrate side, and a second seed layer formed on the first seed layer, the second seed layer comprised of a nonmagnetic material having an fcc crystal structure including a NiW alloy. The medium also includes an intermediate layer comprised of Ru or an alloy thereof, a magnetic recording layer, and a protective layer, wherein the layers are sequentially stacked on a substrate in the foregoing order and the protective layer is closer to the substrate than the soft magnetic underlayer. Other embodiments of magnetic recording media, and methods of fabrication, are also described.