Influence of exchange on signal-to-noise ratio in [CoX/Pt]4 media

In longitudinal hard disk drives, the medium Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) is higher with better grain segregation or lower inter-grain exchange. In current energy assisted magnetic recording system, multilayer perpendicular media are utilized; thus, it is significant to study the influence of grain segregation on SNR, as well as the relevant percolation phenomenon, to give suggestions on the recording media design. In this study, micromagnetic recording models of Microwave Assisted Magnetic Recording (MAMR) is built up to calculate SNR to find optimized [CoX/Pt]4 media parameters such as the inter-grain exchange Agb and the anisotropy orientation distribution αθ, with different field generation layer (FGL) saturation in the spin torque oscillator (STO). The constrained relationship between Agb and αθ in MAMR have been estimated, and the medium SNR will be optimized in the perpendicular [CoX/Pt]4 with a proper but not lowest exchange.