Abstract: A method for etching a media is disclosed. A first magnetic layer comprising grains is deposited with a segregant such that a portion of the first segregant covers a top surface of the grains of the first magnetic layer and a second portion of the first segregant separates the grains of the first magnetic layer. The first segregant is etched to remove the portion of the first segregant that covers the top surface of the grains.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 10, 2013
Date of Patent:
June 7, 2016
Assignee:
HGST Netherlands B.V.
Inventors:
Qing Dai, Oleksandr Mosendz, Simone Pisana, James Reiner, Hans Richter, Franck Rose, Dieter Weller
Abstract: A magneto-optical medium has a recording layer having a plurality of columns extending in a lamination direction, and a reproduction layer which is placed below the recording layer and which functions as a nucleus for the columns.