Thanks to the strong perpendicular magnetic anisotropy(PMA), excellent processing compatibility as well as novel spintronic phenomenon, Co/Pt multilayers have been attracting massive attention and widely used in magne...Thanks to the strong perpendicular magnetic anisotropy(PMA), excellent processing compatibility as well as novel spintronic phenomenon, Co/Pt multilayers have been attracting massive attention and widely used in magnetic storage.However, reversed magnetic domains come into being with the increasing layer repetition ‘N’ to reduce magneto-static energy, resulting in the remarkable diminishment of the remanent magnetization(Mr). As a result, the product of Mrand thickness(i.e., the remanent moment-thickness product, Mrt), a key parameter in magnetic recording for reliable data storing and reading, also decreases dramatically. To overcome this issue, we deposit an ultra-thick granular [Co/Pt]80multilayer with a total thickness of 68 nm on granular SiNxbuffer layer. The Mrt value, Mrto saturation magnetization(Ms) ratio as well as out of plane(OOP) coercivity(Hcoop) are high up to 2.97 memu/cm^(2), 67%, and 1940 Oe(1 Oe = 79.5775 A·m^(-1)),respectively, which is remarkably improved compared with that of continuous [Co/Pt]80multilayers. That is because large amounts of grain boundaries in the granular multilayers can efficiently impede the propagation and expansion of reversed magnetic domains, which is verified by experimental investigations and micromagnetic simulation results. The simulation results also indicate that the value of Mrt, Mr/Msratio, and Hcoopcan be further improved through optimizing the granule size, which can be experimentally realized by manipulating the process parameter of SiNxbuffer layer. This work provides an alternative solution for achieving high Mrt value in ultra-thick Co/Pt multilayers, which is of unneglectable potential in applications of high-density magnetic recording.展开更多
Cr/SmCo/Cr thin films with Sm concentration of 37.7 at.% were deposited on glass substrates by magnetron sputtering. Measurement of magnetic properties showed that the SmCo film possessed good magnetic anisotropy, a h...Cr/SmCo/Cr thin films with Sm concentration of 37.7 at.% were deposited on glass substrates by magnetron sputtering. Measurement of magnetic properties showed that the SmCo film possessed good magnetic anisotropy, a high coercivity of 3019 kA/m and low magnetic exchange coupling. Microstructure analysis showed that crystallized SmCo5 magnetic phase, non-magnetic SmCo2 phase and Sm2Co7 phase co-existed in the film. The non-magnetic SmCo2 phase might function as isolator of SmCo grains, leading to a decrease of magnetic exchange coupling. Moreover, a Cr2O3 oxide layer which could protect the SmCo layer from oxidation formed at the surface of the Cr cap layer.展开更多
Challenges and recent developments associated with writability issues in high-anisotropy perpendicular recording media are reviewed. The writing field is limited by the high coercivity caused by the high anisotropy. S...Challenges and recent developments associated with writability issues in high-anisotropy perpendicular recording media are reviewed. The writing field is limited by the high coercivity caused by the high anisotropy. Some new alterna- tives are proposed to solve the writability issues, including texture-tilting-assisted, domain-wall-assisted, energy-assisted magnetic recording technologies, and so on, In addition, we propose new alternatives for the next-generation of magnetic recording media.展开更多
The interaction and its variation between magnetic grains in two kinds of magnetic recording tapes are investigated by first-order reversal curves (FORC) and the 5M method. The composition and microstructure of the ...The interaction and its variation between magnetic grains in two kinds of magnetic recording tapes are investigated by first-order reversal curves (FORC) and the 5M method. The composition and microstructure of the samples are characterised by x-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscope. The FORC diagram can provide more accurate information of the interaction and its variation, but the 5M curves cannot. The positive interaction field and the large variation of the interaction field have opposite effects on the δM curve.展开更多
The magnetic properties of exchange coupled composite (ECC) media that are composed of perpendicular magnetic recording media FePt MgO and two kinds of soft layers have been studied by using an x-ray diffractometer,...The magnetic properties of exchange coupled composite (ECC) media that are composed of perpendicular magnetic recording media FePt MgO and two kinds of soft layers have been studied by using an x-ray diffractometer, a polar Kerr magneto-optical system (PMOKE) and a vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM). The results show that ECC media can reduce the coercivities of perpendicular magnetic recording media FePt-MgO. The ECC media with granular-type soft layers have weaker exchange couplings between magnetic grains and the magnetization process, for ECC media of this kind mainly follow the Stoner Wohlfarth model.展开更多
Bit-Pattemed Magnetic Recording(BPMR)is one of the emerging data storage technologies,which promises an Areal Density(AD)of about 4 Tb/in2.However,a major problem practically encountered in a BPMR system is Inter-Trac...Bit-Pattemed Magnetic Recording(BPMR)is one of the emerging data storage technologies,which promises an Areal Density(AD)of about 4 Tb/in2.However,a major problem practically encountered in a BPMR system is Inter-Track Interference(ITI)that can deteriorate the overall system performance,especially at high ADs.This paper proposes an iterative ITI cancellation method for an m-head m-track BPMR system,which uses m heads to read m adjacent tracks and decodes them simultaneously.To cancel the ITI,we subtract the weighted readback signals of adjacent tracks,acting as the ITI signals,from the readback signal of the target track,before passing the refined readback signal to a turbo decoder.Then,the decoded data will be employed to reconstruct the ITI signal for the next turbo iteration.Experimental results indicate that the proposed system performs better than the conventional system that uses one head to read one data track.Furthermore,we also find out that the proposed system is more robust to media noise and track misregistration than the conventional system.展开更多
Ag/[BN/CoPt]5/Ag and [BN/Ag/CoPt]5/Ag thin films were deposited on glass substrates by magnetron sputtering and then annealed in vac- uum at 600 ℃ for 30 min. The structures and magnetic properties of CoPt/BN multila...Ag/[BN/CoPt]5/Ag and [BN/Ag/CoPt]5/Ag thin films were deposited on glass substrates by magnetron sputtering and then annealed in vac- uum at 600 ℃ for 30 min. The structures and magnetic properties of CoPt/BN multilayer films were investigated as a function of Ag layer thickness. It was found that the face-centered tetragonal (fct) (001) texture of CoPt was improved greatly by introducing the Ag toplayer or sublayer together with an Ag underlayer. Good (001)-oriented growth, low intergrain interactions as well as high perpendicular anisotropy can be obtained in the Ag(3 nm)/[BN(2.5 nm)/CoPt(3 nm)]5/Ag(7 nm) and [BN(2.5 nm)/Ag(2 nm)/CoPt(3 nm)]5/Ag(10 nm) films, which become potential candidates for ultrahigh density magnetic recording media.展开更多
The evolution of Ancient Silk Road(ASR) was deeply influenced by late Holocene moisture changes in Arid Central Asia(ACA). Nevertheless, controversies in Holocene moisture change pattern of ACA and poorly–constrained...The evolution of Ancient Silk Road(ASR) was deeply influenced by late Holocene moisture changes in Arid Central Asia(ACA). Nevertheless, controversies in Holocene moisture change pattern of ACA and poorly–constrained age models of related studies have made the discussion about late Holocene moisture changes in ACA and their influences on the evolution of ASR difficult. Recently, a high–resolution age model during the late Holocene was established for Kalakuli Lake, a small glacier lake located in the core area of ACA. A thorough rock magnetic investigation was carried out on Kalakuli Lake sediments based on this age model. The magnetic mineral assemblage of Kalakuli Lake sediments is still dominated by primary magnetite despite minor diagenetic effects. Comparisons of rock magnetic records to parameters previously used as indicator of glacier fluctuations suggest that clastic input to Kalakuli Lake was high(low) and magnetic grain size is relatively larger(smaller), when glaciers on Muztagh Ata advanced(retreated). The ARM/SIRM ratio, a magnetic grain size proxy, is directly related to lake hydrodynamics, which are ultimately controlled by glacier fluctuations on Muztagh Ata as the result of regional moisture changes. Late Holocene moisture changes indicated by the ARM/SIRM ratio are consistent with cool/wet and warm/dry oscillations indicated by the unweighted average of biomarker hydrogen isotopic data of the C26 and C28 n–alkanoic acids in a previous study about Kalakuli Lake, most moisture change records of the core area of ACA and winter insolation of the Northern Hemisphere, but opposite to Asian monsoon evolution. Given Asian monsoon and the westerlies are mutually inhibited, we propose that late Holocene moisture changes in the core area of ACA were controlled by the intensity of Asian monsoon versus the westerlies under the governance of solar insolation. Generally increased moisture since the late Holocene indicated by the ARM/SIRM ratio favored cultural exchange and integration between the western and the eastern Eurasia, which paved the way for the formation of ASR. Coincidence between significant increase in moisture at ~200 BC suggested by the ARM/SIRM ratio and the formation of ASR indicates moisture as an important factor that facilitated the formation of ASR. The onsets of three prosperity periods of ASR in the history generally correspond to periods when moisture was relatively high, nevertheless, stagnant periods of ASR do not coincide with periods when moisture was relatively low in the core area of ACA. Disorganized correlations between stagnant periods of ASR and moisture changes in the core area of ACA suggest that moisture is not the decisive factor influencing the evolution of ASR.展开更多
We report on new experimental results for below-diffraction-limited hybrid recording. In our experiments, by means of focused laser assisted magnetic recording, the magnetic domains within TbFeCo thin films are obtain...We report on new experimental results for below-diffraction-limited hybrid recording. In our experiments, by means of focused laser assisted magnetic recording, the magnetic domains within TbFeCo thin films are obtained under an external perpendicular direct magnetic field. For a single magnetic medium, the domain size is mainly determined by the focused spot, which is about 620 nm for the laser wavelength λ=406 nm, and a numerical aperture of the lens of 0.80. However, when a silicon thin film structure is inserted between the substrate and the magnetic medium, the recording domains can be reduced obviously. By optimizing the experimental condition, even the size can be reduced to about 100 nm, which is below the diffraction limit, i.e. about 1/6 of the spot size. This is very useful for improving the hybrid recording density in practical applications.展开更多
The nanoscratch behaviors of La0.7Sr0.3MnO3+δ films, which were deposited with ratio of O2/(O2+Ar), ranging from 4.4% to 45.6% by DC magnetron sputter, were investigated by a nanoindentation technique. The result...The nanoscratch behaviors of La0.7Sr0.3MnO3+δ films, which were deposited with ratio of O2/(O2+Ar), ranging from 4.4% to 45.6% by DC magnetron sputter, were investigated by a nanoindentation technique. The results indicated that the friction coefficient between the films and the diamond tip depended on the loading critical load. The friction coefficient was about 0.08-0.12 when the loading normal load was less than the loading critical load. The films displayed excellent elastic recovery after unloading. When the loading load was larger than the loading critical load, plastic deformation and ploughing appeared for the films. The friction coefficient was about 0.43 when the film was damaged completely. The suitable decrease in ratio of O2/(O2+Ar) could improve the nanoscratch resistance of the films. The film deposited with O2/(O2+Ar)=25% possessed better scratch resistance due to good elastic recovery, high nanohardness, and critical load. The loading critical load of the film was larger than 80 raN.展开更多
The structure of a-Fe metal magnetic recording particles coated with silane coupling agents have been studied by TEM, FT-IR, EXAFS, Mossbauer. The results show that a close, uniform, firm and ultra thin layer, which i...The structure of a-Fe metal magnetic recording particles coated with silane coupling agents have been studied by TEM, FT-IR, EXAFS, Mossbauer. The results show that a close, uniform, firm and ultra thin layer, which is beneficial to the magnetic and chemical stability, has been formed by the cross-linked chemical bond Si-O-Si. And the organic molecule has chemically bonded to the particle surface, which has greatly affected the surface Fe atom electronic structure. Furthermore, the covalent bond between metal particle surface and organic molecule has obvious effect on the near edge structure of the surface Fe atoms.展开更多
Owing to the epitaxial inducement of Au atom,Au interlayer was introduced to increase the perpendicular anisotropy and the coercivity in L10-FePt nanocomposite film.Micromagnetics can be used to reveal the relationshi...Owing to the epitaxial inducement of Au atom,Au interlayer was introduced to increase the perpendicular anisotropy and the coercivity in L10-FePt nanocomposite film.Micromagnetics can be used to reveal the relationship between microstructure and magnetic properties of materials,and give the information of the perpendicular anisotropy and coercivity.In this work,the effect of the Au interlayer on annealed[Fe(0.5 nm)/Pt(0.5 nm)/Au(d nm)]10 nanocomposite recording medium by a micromagnetic model was studied.The model contains three phases:hard magnetic phase,soft magnetic phase,and nonmagnetic phase.The calculated result shows that perpendicular orientation degree of the texture and proportion of a hard magnetic phase to the total phase in the annealed film are both enhanced by increasing Au interlayer thickness.This result can be conducive to the improvement of the perpendicular anisotropy and the coercivity of the FePt nanocomposite film in the experiments.展开更多
FePt films with a high degree of order S of the L10 structure (S 〉 0.90) and well defined [001] crystalline growth perpendicular to the film plane are fabricated on thermally oxidized Si substrates by the addition ...FePt films with a high degree of order S of the L10 structure (S 〉 0.90) and well defined [001] crystalline growth perpendicular to the film plane are fabricated on thermally oxidized Si substrates by the addition of ZnO and a successive rapid thermal annealing (RTA) process. The optimum condition to prepare high-ordering L10 FePtZnO films is 20 vol% ZnO addition and 450 ℃ annealing. The effect of the ZnO additive on the ordering process of the L10 FePtZnO films is discussed. In the annealing process, Zn atoms move to the film surface and evaporate. The motion of the Zn atoms accelerates the intergrain exchange and decreases the ordering temperature.展开更多
All-optical magnetization switching with features of low-power consumption and high writing speed is a promising road map to satisfy the demand for volume data storage. To promote denser and faster magnetic recording ...All-optical magnetization switching with features of low-power consumption and high writing speed is a promising road map to satisfy the demand for volume data storage. To promote denser and faster magnetic recording technologies, herein, all-optical helicity-dependent switching(AO-HDS) in multi-layer magnetic recording is proposed based on the chromatic aberration of an optical lens(Thorlabs’ s N-BK7 plano-convex uncoated lens).The power of the incident beams and the thickness of the multi-layer magnetic recording film are designed carefully. Besides, the uniformity of this multi-layer magnetic recording is optimized. At last, a prototype system of information multiplexing based on this multi-layer magnetic recording technology is constructed as well. Flexible and controllable magnetization reversals in different layers are also demonstrated by tuning the wavelength and helicity of working beams. We believe that such a prototype system can pave the way for increasing the storage density in an effective and low-cost mode.展开更多
Single phase Fe 5C 2 intermetallic compound was prepared by mechanical alloying method. The phase and crystal structure of sample were analyzed with X ray differaction spectrum. The decomposing temperature of the F...Single phase Fe 5C 2 intermetallic compound was prepared by mechanical alloying method. The phase and crystal structure of sample were analyzed with X ray differaction spectrum. The decomposing temperature of the Fe 5C 2 compound is 596.4℃ determined by the DSC curve. It is further shown that the size of nanometer crystal grain is an important condition for carrying out the solid state reaction at room temperature and normal pressure.展开更多
Nonvolatile two-color holographic recording gated by incoherent ultraviolet (UV) light centered at 365 nm is investigated in near-stoichiometric lithium niobate crystals. The influence of thermal treatment on the tw...Nonvolatile two-color holographic recording gated by incoherent ultraviolet (UV) light centered at 365 nm is investigated in near-stoichiometric lithium niobate crystals. The influence of thermal treatment on the two-color recording is studied. The results show that thermal reduction tends to improve the two-color recording performance, whereas thermal oxidation degrades the two-color recording. With an incoherent 0.2-W/cm2 UV gating light and a 0.25-W/cm2 semiconductor recording laser at 780 nm, a two-color recording sensitivity of 4 × 10^-3 cm/J and a recording dynamic range characterized by M/# of 0.12 are achieved in a 2.2-mm thermally reduced near-stoichiometric lithium niobate crystal. We attribute the improvement to the prolonged lifetime of small polarons and the increased absorption at the gating wavelength due to thermal reduction.展开更多
The study on temperature dependence of exchange bias field and coercivity is crucial to solving the writing/reading dilemma in magnetic recording.Motivated by recent experimental findings,a complete switch between exc...The study on temperature dependence of exchange bias field and coercivity is crucial to solving the writing/reading dilemma in magnetic recording.Motivated by recent experimental findings,a complete switch between exchange bias field and coercivity with temperature is proposed,and the performance,characterized by average switching temperature(T_(S))and switching temperature width(T_(W)),controlled by antiferromagnetic anisotropy(KAF)and exchange coupling(J_(AF))constants is studied based on a MonteCarlo simulation.The results show that a linear relationship between T_(S)and KAFis established when KAFis above a critical value,while T_(S)is weakly influenced by J_(AF).On the contrary,T_(W)is insensitive to KAF,while strongly depends on J_(AF).Besides overcoming thermal energy,the increase of KAFfor a small J_(AF)guarantees the completely frozen states in the antiferromagnetic layers during magnetizing at higher temperature,below which the exchange bias field exists with a negligible coercivity.Otherwise,for a large J_(AF),the uncompensated antiferromagnetic magnetization behavior during the ferromagnetic magnetization reversal becomes complicated,and the switching process in the low temperature range depends on the irreversibility of uncompensated antiferromagnetic magnetization reversal during magnetizing,while in the high temperature range mainly influenced by the field-cooling process,resulting in a large T_(W).This work provides an opportunity to control/optimize the performance of the temperatureinduced switch between unidirectional and uniaxial symmetries through precisely tuning KAFand/or J_(AF)to meet different application demands in the next generation information technology.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51901008)the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2021YFB3201800)。
文摘Thanks to the strong perpendicular magnetic anisotropy(PMA), excellent processing compatibility as well as novel spintronic phenomenon, Co/Pt multilayers have been attracting massive attention and widely used in magnetic storage.However, reversed magnetic domains come into being with the increasing layer repetition ‘N’ to reduce magneto-static energy, resulting in the remarkable diminishment of the remanent magnetization(Mr). As a result, the product of Mrand thickness(i.e., the remanent moment-thickness product, Mrt), a key parameter in magnetic recording for reliable data storing and reading, also decreases dramatically. To overcome this issue, we deposit an ultra-thick granular [Co/Pt]80multilayer with a total thickness of 68 nm on granular SiNxbuffer layer. The Mrt value, Mrto saturation magnetization(Ms) ratio as well as out of plane(OOP) coercivity(Hcoop) are high up to 2.97 memu/cm^(2), 67%, and 1940 Oe(1 Oe = 79.5775 A·m^(-1)),respectively, which is remarkably improved compared with that of continuous [Co/Pt]80multilayers. That is because large amounts of grain boundaries in the granular multilayers can efficiently impede the propagation and expansion of reversed magnetic domains, which is verified by experimental investigations and micromagnetic simulation results. The simulation results also indicate that the value of Mrt, Mr/Msratio, and Hcoopcan be further improved through optimizing the granule size, which can be experimentally realized by manipulating the process parameter of SiNxbuffer layer. This work provides an alternative solution for achieving high Mrt value in ultra-thick Co/Pt multilayers, which is of unneglectable potential in applications of high-density magnetic recording.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51101013)Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China(No. 20090006120013)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (FRF-TP-12-038A)
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (50671008,50871014,50831002)
文摘Cr/SmCo/Cr thin films with Sm concentration of 37.7 at.% were deposited on glass substrates by magnetron sputtering. Measurement of magnetic properties showed that the SmCo film possessed good magnetic anisotropy, a high coercivity of 3019 kA/m and low magnetic exchange coupling. Microstructure analysis showed that crystallized SmCo5 magnetic phase, non-magnetic SmCo2 phase and Sm2Co7 phase co-existed in the film. The non-magnetic SmCo2 phase might function as isolator of SmCo grains, leading to a decrease of magnetic exchange coupling. Moreover, a Cr2O3 oxide layer which could protect the SmCo layer from oxidation formed at the surface of the Cr cap layer.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.51025101,51101095,and 11274214)the Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University,China(Grant No.IRT1156)+1 种基金the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China(Grant No.20121404130001)the Shanxi Province Foundations,China(Grant Nos.2011021021-1,[2012]10,and[2013]9)
文摘Challenges and recent developments associated with writability issues in high-anisotropy perpendicular recording media are reviewed. The writing field is limited by the high coercivity caused by the high anisotropy. Some new alterna- tives are proposed to solve the writability issues, including texture-tilting-assisted, domain-wall-assisted, energy-assisted magnetic recording technologies, and so on, In addition, we propose new alternatives for the next-generation of magnetic recording media.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 50672008 and 50971023)Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (Grant No. 20090006120019)
文摘The interaction and its variation between magnetic grains in two kinds of magnetic recording tapes are investigated by first-order reversal curves (FORC) and the 5M method. The composition and microstructure of the samples are characterised by x-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscope. The FORC diagram can provide more accurate information of the interaction and its variation, but the 5M curves cannot. The positive interaction field and the large variation of the interaction field have opposite effects on the δM curve.
基金Project supported by the Japanese Storage Research Consortium (SRC)the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) of the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Grant No 14205049)
文摘The magnetic properties of exchange coupled composite (ECC) media that are composed of perpendicular magnetic recording media FePt MgO and two kinds of soft layers have been studied by using an x-ray diffractometer, a polar Kerr magneto-optical system (PMOKE) and a vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM). The results show that ECC media can reduce the coercivities of perpendicular magnetic recording media FePt-MgO. The ECC media with granular-type soft layers have weaker exchange couplings between magnetic grains and the magnetization process, for ECC media of this kind mainly follow the Stoner Wohlfarth model.
基金This work was supported by Research and Development Institute,Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat University,Thailand,under Grant GP_6212.
文摘Bit-Pattemed Magnetic Recording(BPMR)is one of the emerging data storage technologies,which promises an Areal Density(AD)of about 4 Tb/in2.However,a major problem practically encountered in a BPMR system is Inter-Track Interference(ITI)that can deteriorate the overall system performance,especially at high ADs.This paper proposes an iterative ITI cancellation method for an m-head m-track BPMR system,which uses m heads to read m adjacent tracks and decodes them simultaneously.To cancel the ITI,we subtract the weighted readback signals of adjacent tracks,acting as the ITI signals,from the readback signal of the target track,before passing the refined readback signal to a turbo decoder.Then,the decoded data will be employed to reconstruct the ITI signal for the next turbo iteration.Experimental results indicate that the proposed system performs better than the conventional system that uses one head to read one data track.Furthermore,we also find out that the proposed system is more robust to media noise and track misregistration than the conventional system.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.10574085)the Scientific Research of Yuncheng University,China (No.2009007)
文摘Ag/[BN/CoPt]5/Ag and [BN/Ag/CoPt]5/Ag thin films were deposited on glass substrates by magnetron sputtering and then annealed in vac- uum at 600 ℃ for 30 min. The structures and magnetic properties of CoPt/BN multilayer films were investigated as a function of Ag layer thickness. It was found that the face-centered tetragonal (fct) (001) texture of CoPt was improved greatly by introducing the Ag toplayer or sublayer together with an Ag underlayer. Good (001)-oriented growth, low intergrain interactions as well as high perpendicular anisotropy can be obtained in the Ag(3 nm)/[BN(2.5 nm)/CoPt(3 nm)]5/Ag(7 nm) and [BN(2.5 nm)/Ag(2 nm)/CoPt(3 nm)]5/Ag(10 nm) films, which become potential candidates for ultrahigh density magnetic recording media.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 50801023)Educational Commission of Hubei Province (No. D20091008)the Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars, State Education Ministry (SRF for ROCS, SEM)
基金We thank Dr.Qi Zhang for her assistance in the laboratory.This work is granted by National Key Research and Development Programme of China(Grant No.2018YFA0606400)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.41502165 and 41572338)China Scholarship Council(CSC).
文摘The evolution of Ancient Silk Road(ASR) was deeply influenced by late Holocene moisture changes in Arid Central Asia(ACA). Nevertheless, controversies in Holocene moisture change pattern of ACA and poorly–constrained age models of related studies have made the discussion about late Holocene moisture changes in ACA and their influences on the evolution of ASR difficult. Recently, a high–resolution age model during the late Holocene was established for Kalakuli Lake, a small glacier lake located in the core area of ACA. A thorough rock magnetic investigation was carried out on Kalakuli Lake sediments based on this age model. The magnetic mineral assemblage of Kalakuli Lake sediments is still dominated by primary magnetite despite minor diagenetic effects. Comparisons of rock magnetic records to parameters previously used as indicator of glacier fluctuations suggest that clastic input to Kalakuli Lake was high(low) and magnetic grain size is relatively larger(smaller), when glaciers on Muztagh Ata advanced(retreated). The ARM/SIRM ratio, a magnetic grain size proxy, is directly related to lake hydrodynamics, which are ultimately controlled by glacier fluctuations on Muztagh Ata as the result of regional moisture changes. Late Holocene moisture changes indicated by the ARM/SIRM ratio are consistent with cool/wet and warm/dry oscillations indicated by the unweighted average of biomarker hydrogen isotopic data of the C26 and C28 n–alkanoic acids in a previous study about Kalakuli Lake, most moisture change records of the core area of ACA and winter insolation of the Northern Hemisphere, but opposite to Asian monsoon evolution. Given Asian monsoon and the westerlies are mutually inhibited, we propose that late Holocene moisture changes in the core area of ACA were controlled by the intensity of Asian monsoon versus the westerlies under the governance of solar insolation. Generally increased moisture since the late Holocene indicated by the ARM/SIRM ratio favored cultural exchange and integration between the western and the eastern Eurasia, which paved the way for the formation of ASR. Coincidence between significant increase in moisture at ~200 BC suggested by the ARM/SIRM ratio and the formation of ASR indicates moisture as an important factor that facilitated the formation of ASR. The onsets of three prosperity periods of ASR in the history generally correspond to periods when moisture was relatively high, nevertheless, stagnant periods of ASR do not coincide with periods when moisture was relatively low in the core area of ACA. Disorganized correlations between stagnant periods of ASR and moisture changes in the core area of ACA suggest that moisture is not the decisive factor influencing the evolution of ASR.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos 50772120 and 60490290)Funds of the Chinese Academy of Sciences for Key Topics in Innovation Engineering (Grant No KJCXZYW.NANO.06)the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No 2007CB935400)
文摘We report on new experimental results for below-diffraction-limited hybrid recording. In our experiments, by means of focused laser assisted magnetic recording, the magnetic domains within TbFeCo thin films are obtained under an external perpendicular direct magnetic field. For a single magnetic medium, the domain size is mainly determined by the focused spot, which is about 620 nm for the laser wavelength λ=406 nm, and a numerical aperture of the lens of 0.80. However, when a silicon thin film structure is inserted between the substrate and the magnetic medium, the recording domains can be reduced obviously. By optimizing the experimental condition, even the size can be reduced to about 100 nm, which is below the diffraction limit, i.e. about 1/6 of the spot size. This is very useful for improving the hybrid recording density in practical applications.
基金supported by the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University
文摘The nanoscratch behaviors of La0.7Sr0.3MnO3+δ films, which were deposited with ratio of O2/(O2+Ar), ranging from 4.4% to 45.6% by DC magnetron sputter, were investigated by a nanoindentation technique. The results indicated that the friction coefficient between the films and the diamond tip depended on the loading critical load. The friction coefficient was about 0.08-0.12 when the loading normal load was less than the loading critical load. The films displayed excellent elastic recovery after unloading. When the loading load was larger than the loading critical load, plastic deformation and ploughing appeared for the films. The friction coefficient was about 0.43 when the film was damaged completely. The suitable decrease in ratio of O2/(O2+Ar) could improve the nanoscratch resistance of the films. The film deposited with O2/(O2+Ar)=25% possessed better scratch resistance due to good elastic recovery, high nanohardness, and critical load. The loading critical load of the film was larger than 80 raN.
基金The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NO.50071057), and the support of the National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory and Center Foundation (Hefei), China.
文摘The structure of a-Fe metal magnetic recording particles coated with silane coupling agents have been studied by TEM, FT-IR, EXAFS, Mossbauer. The results show that a close, uniform, firm and ultra thin layer, which is beneficial to the magnetic and chemical stability, has been formed by the cross-linked chemical bond Si-O-Si. And the organic molecule has chemically bonded to the particle surface, which has greatly affected the surface Fe atom electronic structure. Furthermore, the covalent bond between metal particle surface and organic molecule has obvious effect on the near edge structure of the surface Fe atoms.
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.61227902, 11274033, and 11074101)
文摘Owing to the epitaxial inducement of Au atom,Au interlayer was introduced to increase the perpendicular anisotropy and the coercivity in L10-FePt nanocomposite film.Micromagnetics can be used to reveal the relationship between microstructure and magnetic properties of materials,and give the information of the perpendicular anisotropy and coercivity.In this work,the effect of the Au interlayer on annealed[Fe(0.5 nm)/Pt(0.5 nm)/Au(d nm)]10 nanocomposite recording medium by a micromagnetic model was studied.The model contains three phases:hard magnetic phase,soft magnetic phase,and nonmagnetic phase.The calculated result shows that perpendicular orientation degree of the texture and proportion of a hard magnetic phase to the total phase in the annealed film are both enhanced by increasing Au interlayer thickness.This result can be conducive to the improvement of the perpendicular anisotropy and the coercivity of the FePt nanocomposite film in the experiments.
文摘FePt films with a high degree of order S of the L10 structure (S 〉 0.90) and well defined [001] crystalline growth perpendicular to the film plane are fabricated on thermally oxidized Si substrates by the addition of ZnO and a successive rapid thermal annealing (RTA) process. The optimum condition to prepare high-ordering L10 FePtZnO films is 20 vol% ZnO addition and 450 ℃ annealing. The effect of the ZnO additive on the ordering process of the L10 FePtZnO films is discussed. In the annealing process, Zn atoms move to the film surface and evaporate. The motion of the Zn atoms accelerates the intergrain exchange and decreases the ordering temperature.
基金supported by the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 2019M650437)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51602013)the Beihang Hefei Innovation Research Institute Project (Nos. BHKX-19-01 and BHKX-19-02)
文摘All-optical magnetization switching with features of low-power consumption and high writing speed is a promising road map to satisfy the demand for volume data storage. To promote denser and faster magnetic recording technologies, herein, all-optical helicity-dependent switching(AO-HDS) in multi-layer magnetic recording is proposed based on the chromatic aberration of an optical lens(Thorlabs’ s N-BK7 plano-convex uncoated lens).The power of the incident beams and the thickness of the multi-layer magnetic recording film are designed carefully. Besides, the uniformity of this multi-layer magnetic recording is optimized. At last, a prototype system of information multiplexing based on this multi-layer magnetic recording technology is constructed as well. Flexible and controllable magnetization reversals in different layers are also demonstrated by tuning the wavelength and helicity of working beams. We believe that such a prototype system can pave the way for increasing the storage density in an effective and low-cost mode.
文摘Single phase Fe 5C 2 intermetallic compound was prepared by mechanical alloying method. The phase and crystal structure of sample were analyzed with X ray differaction spectrum. The decomposing temperature of the Fe 5C 2 compound is 596.4℃ determined by the DSC curve. It is further shown that the size of nanometer crystal grain is an important condition for carrying out the solid state reaction at room temperature and normal pressure.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.60678021)the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University(NCET-04-0234)+6 种基金the Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University(IRT0149)the Municipal International Cooperation Program of Tianjin(No.06YFGHHZ00500)the National"973"Program of China(No.2007CB307002)the Chinese National Key Basic Research Special Fund(No.2006CB921703)the 111 Projectthe Cultivation Fund of the Key ScientificTechnical Innovation Project,Ministry of Education of China(No.708022)
文摘Nonvolatile two-color holographic recording gated by incoherent ultraviolet (UV) light centered at 365 nm is investigated in near-stoichiometric lithium niobate crystals. The influence of thermal treatment on the two-color recording is studied. The results show that thermal reduction tends to improve the two-color recording performance, whereas thermal oxidation degrades the two-color recording. With an incoherent 0.2-W/cm2 UV gating light and a 0.25-W/cm2 semiconductor recording laser at 780 nm, a two-color recording sensitivity of 4 × 10^-3 cm/J and a recording dynamic range characterized by M/# of 0.12 are achieved in a 2.2-mm thermally reduced near-stoichiometric lithium niobate crystal. We attribute the improvement to the prolonged lifetime of small polarons and the increased absorption at the gating wavelength due to thermal reduction.
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.11774045)the Joint Research Fund Liaoning-Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science(No.20180510008)。
文摘The study on temperature dependence of exchange bias field and coercivity is crucial to solving the writing/reading dilemma in magnetic recording.Motivated by recent experimental findings,a complete switch between exchange bias field and coercivity with temperature is proposed,and the performance,characterized by average switching temperature(T_(S))and switching temperature width(T_(W)),controlled by antiferromagnetic anisotropy(KAF)and exchange coupling(J_(AF))constants is studied based on a MonteCarlo simulation.The results show that a linear relationship between T_(S)and KAFis established when KAFis above a critical value,while T_(S)is weakly influenced by J_(AF).On the contrary,T_(W)is insensitive to KAF,while strongly depends on J_(AF).Besides overcoming thermal energy,the increase of KAFfor a small J_(AF)guarantees the completely frozen states in the antiferromagnetic layers during magnetizing at higher temperature,below which the exchange bias field exists with a negligible coercivity.Otherwise,for a large J_(AF),the uncompensated antiferromagnetic magnetization behavior during the ferromagnetic magnetization reversal becomes complicated,and the switching process in the low temperature range depends on the irreversibility of uncompensated antiferromagnetic magnetization reversal during magnetizing,while in the high temperature range mainly influenced by the field-cooling process,resulting in a large T_(W).This work provides an opportunity to control/optimize the performance of the temperatureinduced switch between unidirectional and uniaxial symmetries through precisely tuning KAFand/or J_(AF)to meet different application demands in the next generation information technology.