a Central Research Laboratories, Hitachi Limited, Odawara 256-8510, Japan b Head Business Group, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Odawara, Japan
Abstract:
To make the write-field much stronger with sharper cross-track field gradient in Shingled perpendicular Magnetic Recording (SMR), we have successfully developed asymmetric SMR heads with one-side shield design. Using these heads, higher track density capability on the shielded-side was demonstrated, which came from narrower erase-band width at shielded side.