Magnetic Thin Film Fabrication for HAMR Studies

Hard disk technology is still the most widely used technology for data storage. Two promising technologies to improve this industry are Heat-Assisted Magnetic Recording (HAMR) and all-optical switching (AOS) of magnetization. To check the validity of theories that support HAMR and AOS, more rigorous experimental data is required. Laboratory for Ultrafast Thermomagnetics (LUTher) at York University has the facilities to perform these rigorous tests. However, highly specialized thin films must be manufactured to do so. Proposed project would allow for a PhD student from LUTher to travel to Germany to use the world-renowned facilities at Technische Universität Chemnitz, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf and expertise of Dr Olav Hellwig in order to manufacture such samples in a timely manner. Chemnitz and HZDR offer the ability to make and characterize a vast amount of material sets that will allow LUTher to individually test for material properties critical for HAMR and AOS. TO BE CONT’D

Faculty Supervisor:

Simone Pisana

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Partner:

Technische Universität Chemnitz

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Education

University:

York University

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