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TRIBOLOGY LETTERS
Volume 47, Issue 2, Pages 175-182Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s11249-012-9974-z
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Lubricant depletion; Hard disk drive; Heat assisted magnetic recording; Laser irradiation; Methodology
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Heat assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) is a promising choice to overcome the superparamagnetic limit in magnetic recording and further increase the areal recoding density of hard disk drive. However, it is expected that HAMR causes lubricant depletion problem on disk surface under the high temperature in the heating assisted writing process. Experimental studies of the lubricant depletion under HAMR conditions are still very limited so far. Lubricant depletion over the lifetime of the drive still remains unaddressed. In this study, a self-developed HAMR tester is introduced. The methods to control the repeatability of laser heating temperature, to determine laser heating temperature, and to adjust laser heating temperature are explained. Laser heating time in the test is correlated with that in the drive. Lubricant depletion is determined quantitatively and the relationship between lubricant depletion depth and laser heating time is established. Then, lubricant depletion depth over the lifetime of the drive is predicated. It is found that almost all lubricant on the disk surface will be depleted over the lifetime of the drive.
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