Contact magnetic transfer template having magnetic islands of antiferromagnetically-coupled ferromagnetic films

A contact magnetic transfer (CMT) master template with antiferromagnetically-coupled (AF-coupled) magnetic islands is used for transferring a magnetic pattern, such as a servo pattern, to a magnetic recording disk. The template is a rigid or flexible substrate with each magnetic island being two fer...

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Main Author BANDIC ZVONIMIR Z.,MARINERO ERNESTO E
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 19.07.2006
Subjects
INFORMATION STORAGE
INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORDCARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
PHYSICS
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Summary:A contact magnetic transfer (CMT) master template with antiferromagnetically-coupled (AF-coupled) magnetic islands is used for transferring a magnetic pattern, such as a servo pattern, to a magnetic recording disk. The template is a rigid or flexible substrate with each magnetic island being two ferromagnetic films antiferromagnetically-coupled by an antiferromagnetically-coupling (AFC) film. In the presence of the applied magnetic field the magnetic moments of the two ferromagnetic films are parallel and substantially identical so they generate a magnetic field that cancels the applied field in the region of the slave disk facing the islands. However, when the applied field is removed, any residual magnetization results in the remanent moments in the two ferromagnetic films being oriented antiparallel as a result of the antiferromagnetic exchange coupling across the AFC film. Thus the islands have no net remanent magnetic moment that can affect the servo pattern transferred to the recording disk.
Bibliography:Application Number: CN200510118755