A new AFM-based technique to detect the NFT protrusion on HAMR head

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 3576-3579

  Li, Dongbo ^a   Staffaroni, Matteo ^a   Schreck, Erhard ^a   Stipe, Barry ^a  

^a WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy (AFM); heat assisted magnetic recording (HAMR); near field transducer (NFT); protrusion

Indexed keywords

AIR BEARING SURFACE; HEAD DISK INTERFACE; HEAT-ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING; NEAR-FIELD TRANSDUCERS; PROTRUSION; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; TOPOGRAPHY IMAGING; WRITING PERFORMANCE;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS); LIGHT ABSORPTION; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; TRANSDUCERS;

HARD DISK STORAGE;

EID: 84880778243     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2012.2235825     Document Type: Article

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