Recording performance of a giant magnetoresistive head on a perpendicular multilayer medium

  • Young K. Kim*
  • , John C. Harig
  • , George I. Noyes
  • , Kuoksan Ho
  • , Matthew H. Kane
  • , Bruce M. Lairson
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The magnetic recording characteristics of a giant magnetoresistive spin-valve head in combination with a perpendicular disk medium have been measured. The disk medium contains a 30-nm-thick Pt/CoCrTa multilayer displaying low noise and high remanence. A pulse width of 172 nm, a signal to noise ratio of 31 dB, and a rolloff D50 point of 120 kFCI were achieved. The parametric data and window margin testing show this recording system can support recording storage density of 3.5 Gbits/in2 using a simple peak detect channel at a data rate of 65 Mbits/s.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4411-4412
Number of pages2
JournalIEEE Transactions on Magnetics
Volume33
Issue number5 PART 3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1997
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Giant magnetoresistive head
  • Magnetic recording
  • Multilayers
  • Perpendicular medium
  • Spin-valves

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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