Titanium nitride (TiN) has emerged as a highly promising alternative to traditional plasmonic
materials. This study focuses on the inclusion of a Cr90Ru10 buffer layer between the …

Multi-level magnetic recording is a new concept for increasing the data storage capacity of
hard disk drives. However, its implementation has been limited by a lack of suitable media …

A data storage device is disclosed comprising a disk surface comprising a magnetic
recording layer comprising a first magnetic material having a first coercivity intermixed with a …

A data storage device is disclosed comprising a head actuated over a disk surface
comprising a first magnetic recording layer and a second magnetic recording layer. Data is …

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a mag netic recording medium capable of
reducing the surface roughness of the magnetic recording layer without adversely affecting …

(57) ABSTRACT A heat-assisted magnetic recording medium includes a sub strate, an
underlayer, and a magnetic layer including an alloy having a Ll, crystal structure and first …

The present disclosure relates to heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) write heads
including a waveguide and a main pole having a main pole tip. One or more current paths …

Two or more different recording currents are applied to a write coil of a recording head. A
first of the two or more currents is a positive current and a second of the two or more currents …

Aspects of the present disclosure provide a heat assisted magnetic recording HAMR media
structure and methods for reducing the Curie temperature distribution to improve the signal …

The possibility of exploiting an extra spin-degree of freedom, in addition to the only charge-
degree of freedom in current semiconductor based memory devices, makes the magnetic …