Theoretical investigation of new magnetic recording media using an energy landscape method

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dc.contributorHarrell, James W.
dc.contributorGupta, Subhadra
dc.contributorTipping, Richard H.
dc.contributorLeClair, Patrick R.
dc.contributor.advisorVisscher, Pieter B.
dc.contributor.authorZhu, Ru
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Alabama Tuscaloosa
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-01T14:41:08Z
dc.date.available2017-03-01T14:41:08Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.descriptionElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US
dc.description.abstractMagnetic material has played an important role in the information storage technology. We have worked out a phase diagram showing spin torque switching for perpendicular anisotropy media at nonzero temperature. A new area is predicted where the system can vibrate between precessional and parallel states quickly and therefore creates "telegraph" noise region. The result was later confirmed by a nanopillar experiment. The density of magnetic recording is restricted by the superparamagnetic limit. To overcome this limit people have used perpendicular recording to replace the traditional longitudinal recording and are working on other approaches to get over the superparamagnetic limit including heat assisted recording, patterned media and exchange coupled media. Anisotropy graded media provides an alternative solution to achieve high areal density while keeping the writing field relatively low and good thermal stability. A two-dimensional energy landscape of the switching of anisotropy graded media is calculated to give an intuitive way of understanding the switching, as well as a way to quantitatively calculate the switching rate by mapping the problem onto a one-dimensional Langevin random walk. Then an iterative algorithm of for finding the saddle point of the energy landscape, which we call barbell algorithm, is used to locate the saddle point and the whole switching trajectory.en_US
dc.format.extent83 p.
dc.format.mediumelectronic
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.otheru0015_0000001_0000600
dc.identifier.otherZhu_alatus_0004D_10613
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.ua.edu/handle/123456789/1105
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Alabama Libraries
dc.relation.hasversionborn digital
dc.relation.ispartofThe University of Alabama Electronic Theses and Dissertations
dc.relation.ispartofThe University of Alabama Libraries Digital Collections
dc.rightsAll rights reserved by the author unless otherwise indicated.en_US
dc.subjectPhysics
dc.titleTheoretical investigation of new magnetic recording media using an energy landscape methoden_US
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etdms.degree.departmentUniversity of Alabama. Department of Physics and Astronomy
etdms.degree.disciplinePhysics
etdms.degree.grantorThe University of Alabama
etdms.degree.leveldoctoral
etdms.degree.namePh.D.

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