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The dynamic process of assisted magnetic switchins has been simulated to investigate the associated physics. The model uses a Voronoi construction to determine the physical structure of the nano granular thin film recording media; and the…
The limits of the areal storage density as can be achieved with heat assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) are still an open issue. We want to address this central question and present the design of a possible bit patterned medium with an…
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Heat assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) technology represents the most promising candidate to replace the current perpendicular recording paradigm to achieve higher storage densities. To better understand HAMR dynamics in granular media we…
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We developed an anisotropic spin model that accounts for magnetic anisotropy and evaluated the Curie temperature (Tc) dispersion due to finite size effects in L10-FePt nanoparticles. In heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) media, a…
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A set of thin film Mn$_x$Si$_{1-x}$ alloy samples with different manganese concentration x = 0.44 - 0.63 grown by the pulsed laser deposition (PLD) method onto the Al$_2$O$_3$(0001) substrate was investigated in the temperature range 4 -…