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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2016
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Kangkang Wang, Fremont, CA (US);
Yingguo Peng, San Ramon, CA (US);
Ganping Ju, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Xiaobin Zhu, San Ramon, CA (US);
Li Gao, San Jose, CA (US);
Yinfeng Ding, Fremont, CA (US);
Kai Chieh Chang, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Timothy J. Klemmer, Union City, CA (US);
Yukiko Kubota, Campbell, CA (US);
Jan-Ulrich Thiele, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Thomas P. Nolan, Fremont, CA (US);
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A stack includes a substrate, a magnetic recording layer comprising FePtX disposed over the substrate, and a capping layer disposed on the magnetic recording layer. The capping layer comprises Co; at least one rare earth element; one or more elements selected from a group consisting of Fe and Pt; and an amorphizing agent comprising one to three elements selected from a group consisting of B, Zr, Ta, Cr, Nb, W, V, and Mo.