Abstract
The effects of an intermediate layer of carbon on the structural and magnetic properties of a CoCrPtTa recording layer were investigated in double-layered perpendicular media with either amorphous CoTaZr or crystalline FeAlSi as soft magnetic backlayers. introducing a thin layer of carbon enhanced the perpendicular magnetic anisotropy with both soft magnetic backlayers. This result suggests that the introduction of a non-magnetic intermediate layer is useful in improving the basic magnetic properties of the CoCr-alloy recording layer even when an amorphous soft magnetic backlayers is used.
