Inaba, Y, Shimatsu, T, Muraoka, H et al. (2 more authors) (2005) Activation volumes in CoPtCr-SiO2 perpendicular recording media. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. pp. 3130-3132. ISSN 1941-0069
Abstract
CoPtCr-SiO2 perpendicular recording media with varying levels of SiO2 were examined by two different methods to determine the activation volume. The first is based on the sweep-rate dependence of the remanence coercivity using Sharrock's equation. The second is based on the measurement of the fluctuation field from time-dependence data, determined using a magneto-optical Kerr effect (MOKE) magnetometer. The values of V-act measured at the coercivity for both methods are almost the same, with the fluctuation field and activation volumes increasing with the SiO2 content. The difference between V-act and the grain volume measured directly from bright-field TEM images decreases as the SiO2 content increases due to the reduction of intergranular exchange coupling. The experimental results indicate that values of V-act obtained from single- and double-layered media are consistent. It was also found that the coercivity and normalized hysteresis loop slope at coercivity varied with SiO2 content, with the coercivity peaking at 8 at % SiO2 (nearly 26 vol% SiO2).
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Keywords: | activation volume,CoPtCr-SiO2,fluctuation field,magneto-optic Kerr effect (MOKE),perpendicular recording media,thermal activation,TIME-DEPENDENCE,FIELDS |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Physics (York) |
Depositing User: | Repository Officer |
Date Deposited: | 15 Dec 2006 |
Last Modified: | 16 Oct 2024 11:49 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1109/TMAG.2005.854850 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1109/TMAG.2005.854850 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:1824 |