Analysis on the magnetic capping effect in heat assisted magnetic recording

摘要

The use of magnetic capping effect can enhance the head sensitivity of the heat assisted magnetic recording (HAMR). The principle of this effect was analyzed theoretically. The GdFeCo film was used as the capping layer and TbFeCo film was used as the recording layer. Through theoretical calculation we found that a large capping field in the same direction with the external field can be generated at the interface because of the exchange coupling effect, which had increased the effective strength of the external field. Thus, the head sensitivity was improved greatly and the data transfer rate could be faster. We expected that this idea can be used to help write the medium with much larger cocervity such as L1_0FePt.