Role of M-H loop slope of media for recording properties in perpendicular magnetic recording

Perpendicular magnetic recording media with a high resolution and a low noise property were studied using a micromagnetic simulation. It was suggested that the introduction of a small separation between the adjacent grains is effective to obtain such media increasing the perpendicular M-H loop slope without increasing the domain size. The separation is thought to reduce the demagnetizing field acting on the magnetic grains increasing the M-H loop slope of the grains.