The state of the art for current data storage is perpendicular magnetic recording technology. For continued increases in storage capacities, the next technology is heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR).

HAMR uses heat from a laser beam confined well below the diffraction limit to write media with such high magnetic anisotropy that they would normally be unwritable under available magnetic fields. The February, 2018 issue of MRS Bulletin introduced HAMR requirements and discusses its numerous interdisciplinary materials challenges. The talks in this webinar will expand upon the articles in the MRS Bulletin issue, and attendees will be able to interact—in real time—with the webinar presenters.

The following talks were presented in this webinar:

Heat-assisted magnetic recording media materials
Yukiko K. Takahashi, National Institute of Materials Science, Japan
Talk begins at 14:45
Materials for heat-assisted magnetic recording heads
Michael Kautzky, Seagate Technology
Talk begins at 38:58
Heat Transfer Materials and Interfaces
James Bain, Carnegie Mellon University
Talk begins at 1:02:28

We invite you to view the complete February, 2018 issue of MRS Bulletin: Materials for Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording (HAMR)

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