Perpendicular Recording CoPtCrO Composite Media With Performance Enhancement Capping Layer

摘要

A systematic investigation of the structural and recording characteristics of CoPtCrO composite media with various Co alloys as well as continuous TbFeCo capping layers has been performed. For the media with a Co-alloy capping layer (M{sub}s ～ 900 emu/cm{sup}3), the transition jitter remains unaffected and dc noise is greatly reduced. However, for the media with low Ms capping layer or continuously exchange coupled TbFeCo capping layer, transition jitter is increased. Magnetically continuous but structurally discontinuous Co-alloy capping layers grown onto well-isolated Co grains can reduce dc noise, while maintaining low transition noise.