Experimental study of lubricant depletion in heat assisted magnetic recording over the lifetime of the drive

Tribology Letters

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 175-182

  Ma, Yansheng ^a   Chen, Xiuying ^a   Liu, Bo ^a  

^a DATA STORAGE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Hard disk drive; Heat assisted magnetic recording; Laser irradiation; Lubricant depletion; Methodology

Indexed keywords

DEPLETION DEPTHS; DISK SURFACES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HARD DISK DRIVE; HEAT ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING; HEATING TEMPERATURES; HIGH TEMPERATURE; METHODOLOGY; RECODING; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC LIMIT; WRITING PROCESS;

HARD DISK STORAGE; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; MAGNETIC RECORDING; SUPERPARAMAGNETISM;

LASER HEATING;

EID: 84864709511     PISSN: 10238883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11249-012-9974-z     Document Type: Article

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