(57) ABSTRACT A magnetic recording medium (10) has a substrate (12) and a
perpendicular magnetic recording layer (30) formed over the Substrate (12). The …

The inventor of the present invention found out that the control of the magnetic recording
region in a track width (erase width) direction is very difficult in the CGC media and the like …

Methods to pattern substrates with dense periodic nanostruc tures that combine top-down
lithographic tools and self-as sembling block copolymer materials are provided. According to …

B82 IOMO(2011.01)(57) ABSTRACT GIB 5/3(2006.01) A magnetic recording device
includes: a magnetic recording GIB 5/39(2006.01) medium containing a plurality of …

(57) ABSTRACT A method includes: producing a bit detection signal in response to a
plurality of islands located in a plurality of Zones of a bit patterned media, processing the bit …

250 irradiates the fluorescent material or metal layer with radia tion of a specific wavelength
to cause the fluorescent material to emit radiation or the metal layer to generate Surface plas …

(57) ABSTRACT A patterned perpendicular magnetic recording medium has discrete
magnetic islands, each of which has a recording layer (RL) structure that comprises two …

In a recording device, a bit patterned medium comprises a track of bit cells, each settable to
one of two distinct bit states. The track comprises two generally parallel rows of bit cells. The …

A magnetic recording disk drive has a patterned magnetic recording disk with data blocks of
magnetizable material separated by nonmagnetic regions, a read head for reading the …

(57) ABSTRACT A method for patterning a magnetic thin film on a substrate includes:
providing a pattern about the magnetic thin film, with selective regions of the pattern …