The performance of heat assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) is simulated using a multilayer micromagnetic model. Recording performance parameters such as signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) were simulated as a function of the vertical thermal gradient in the recording media. Simulation results show that the vertical thermal gradient in the media has to be higher than ( -28 deg/nm) in order to have no loss of SNR based on parameters used in the model. Curie temperature writing is also necessary in order to maximize the SNR.
Published in:
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
(Volume:45
,
Issue:
10
)
Date of Publication: Oct. 2009