In this paper, an alternative magnetic recording architecture and corresponding signal
processing schemes are presented, named interlaced magnetic recording (IMR). Tracks are …

This review presents a series of studies which have demonstrated that the diffusion
characteristics of rarefied mobile lubricant films used in modern magnetic disks can be …

Laser heating has been introduced in heat-assisted magnetic recording in order to reduce
the magnetic coercivity and enable data writing. However, the heat flow inside a couple of …

A near field transducer is employed in the heat assisted magnetic recording technology in
order to focus the light energy into a nanoscale spot on the disk. This is necessary to heat …

Laser-lubricant interaction has been a critical reliability issue in a thermo-tribological system
named heat-assisted magnetic recording, one of the next generation hard disk drive …

Heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) is one of the critical technologies to overcome the
areal density limitations of hard disk drives. In order to reveal the behavior of viscoelastic …

Perfluoropolyether (PFPE) polymer lubricant performs an important role in protecting both
the writing/reading elements in the recording head and the disk of magnetic storage devices …

Currently, heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) technology has been proposed as a
method for enabling higher storage density. In this paper, the molecular dynamic simulation …

Abstract In Heat-Assisted Magnetic Recording (HAMR) technology, the lubricant layer
coating on the disk is exposed to severe thermal conditions, leading to evaporation …

In this study, molecular dynamics simulations were performed to numerically investigate the
effect of pulsed laser heating on lubricant depletion. The maximum temperature, the …