Effect of hotspot position fluctuation to writing capability in heated-dot magnetic recording. (16th June 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Tipcharoen, Warunee; Warisarn, Chanon; Kaewrawang, Arkom; Kovintavewat, Piya
• Is Part Of: Japanese journal of applied physics. Volume 55:Number 7(2016:Jul.)Supplement 3
• Publication Date: 2016-06-16
• Subjects: Physics -- Periodicals; 621.05
• DOI: 10.7567/JJAP.55.07MB01
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0021-4922

Abstract

Abstract: This work presents the effect of hotspot position fluctuation to writing capability in heated-dot magnetic recording systems at an areal density (AD) beyond 2 Tbpsi via a micromagnetic modeling. At high ADs, the hotspot and the write field gradient may not be correctly focused on the target island because the bit islands are closely positioned to one another. This may lead to the overwriting/erasing of the previously written islands, which can severely affect the recording performance. Therefore, this work studies the 3-by-3 data patterns that easily cause an error when the hotspot and write head positions are fluctuated by various island pitches. Simulation results indicate that the data pattern that leads to the highest/lowest error occurrence frequency is the one with the first, second and fourth islands having the opposite/same magnetization direction to/as the write field, regardless of the magnetization direction of the third island. This result can, for example, be utilized to design a two-dimensional modulation code to prevent such destructive data patterns, thus helping enhance the overall system performance.