Understanding the growth of high-aspect-ratio grains in granular L10-FePt thin-film magnetic media

Chengchao Xu, Bing Zhou, Tianxiang Du +4

A systematic investigation has been performed to optimize the microstructure of $\mathrm{L}{1}_0-\mathrm{FePt}-\mathrm{Si}{\mathrm{O}}_{\mathrm{x}}$ granular thin film as recording media for heat-assisted magnetic recordin…