A main challenge in Heat-Assisted Magnetic Recording technology is the build-up of
contaminants called smear on the near field transducer. In this paper, we investigate the role …

Laser-lubricant interaction has been a critical reliability issue in a thermo-tribological system
named heat-assisted magnetic recording, one of the next generation hard disk drive …

Heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR), one of the promising hard disk drive
technologies to achieve areal density> 10 Tb/in 2, integrates a laser across its head-disk …

This report investigates the kinetics of lubricant molecules in the HAMR air bearing to
understand the initiation and growth of PFPE contamination on the head surface. The …

Heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) is expected to be a realistic next-generation
technology for increasing the recording density of hard disks. However, the magnetic layer is …

Head smear in a head-disk interface of the heat-assisted magnetic recording disturbs the
head flyability. This study focused on the effect of an external AC electric field on reducing …

Smear is a key issue hindering the reliability of HAMR drives. Under ultra-low spacing, the
random thermal motions by particles can lead to a smear generation on the head. To study …

In hard disk drives, a recording head and a recording disk constitute a high-speed sliding
system: head–disk interface, where the head with a prescribed thermal protrusion on its …

Modeling the smear growth in the write heads of the Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording
(HAMR) Disk Drives is an essential tool for understanding the mechanisms of smear …

Ever since the first hard disk drive (HDD) was invented in 1956, it has played a dominant
role in global data storage needs. Conventional HDDs, however, have reached the …