Experimental study of lubricant depletion in heat-assisted magnetic recording: Effect of the duration of one laser heating

Tribology Letters

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 337-344

  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

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS LASERS; COOLING CYCLE; COOLING PROCESS; DISK SURFACES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HARD DISK DRIVE; HEAT ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING; HEATING CONDITIONS; HEATING TEMPERATURES; HIGH TEMPERATURE; SLOW HEATING; STORAGE DENSITIES; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC LIMIT; WRITING PROCESS;

COOLING; HARD DISK STORAGE; HEATING; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; SUPERPARAMAGNETISM;

LASER HEATING;

EID: 84868206697     PISSN: 10238883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11249-012-0032-7     Document Type: Article

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