Thermal Effect of the Back Radiation from Disk to Head after Laser Heating in HAMR

Abstract

In a heat-assisted magnetic recording, the thermal effect of the head/disk interface has an important influence on the stability of the recording data. In this paper, we will discuss the thermal radiation from the disk, more specifically, the magnetic recording layer, which is at high temperature after laser heating, to the magnetic head, which is at room temperature. The radiative heat flux can be represented by the Poynting vector. In the near-field band, an effective way to obtain the electromagnetic fields is to solve the Maxwell’s equations combined with fluctuational electrodynamics. The near-field back radiation between specific head and disk material is calculated by the fluctuation-volume-current method. The radiative heat energy will induce the thermal deformation of the magnetic head, which will be discussed by the simulation, laying the foundation for adjusting and controlling the flying status.