Bit Patterned Magnetic Recording: Theory, Media Fabrication, and Recording Performance

Thomas R. Albrecht, Hitesh Arora, Vipin Ayanoor-Vitikkate +28

Bit Patterned Media (BPM) for magnetic recording provide a route to densities $>1Tb/i{n}^2$ and circumvents many of the challenges associated with conventional granular media techno…