Magnetic & Crystallographic Properties of Patterned Media Fabricated by Nanoimprint Lithography and Co-Pt Electroplating

Magnetic and crystallographic properties of patterned media fabricated by nanoimprint lithography and Co-Pt electroplating were studied. Thin films of Ru(20 nm)/Ta(5 nm)/$SiO_2$(100 nm) were deposited on Si(100) wafer and then 25 nm hole pattern was fabricated by nanoimprint lithography on substrate. The electroplated Co-Pt nano-dots have the diameter of 35 nm and the height of 27 nm. Magnetic dot patterns of Co-Pt alloy were created using electroplated Co-Pt alloy and then their properties were measured by MFM, SQUID, SEM, TEM and AFM. We observed single domain with perendicular anisotropy for each dot and achieved optimum coercivity of 2900 Oe. These results mean that patterned media fabricated by nanoimprint lithography and electroplating have good properties in view of extending superparamagnetic limit while satisfying the writability requirements with the present write heads.

나노임프린트 패터닝과 자성박막도금을 이용하여 제작한 패턴드미디어용 자기패턴의 자기적 및 결정구조특성에 관한 연구

50 nm pitch의 magnetic dot pattern을 갖는 hard disk drive용 patterned media를 nanoimprint lithography(NIL) patterning과 electroplating 공정을 이용하여 제작하고 자기 및 결정구조 특성을 관찰하였다. Patterned media는 Si(100) wafer 위에 Ru(20nm)/Ta(5 nm)/$SiO_2$(100 nm)를 순차적으로 증착한 후 nanoimprint lithography를 이용하여 25 nm half pitch의 hole pattern을 형성하고 그 후 패터닝된 기판을 plasma ashing 공정을 이용하여 기판의 Ru층을 노출시킨뒤 electroplating을 이용하여 Co-Pt 합금막을 증착하여 제작하였다. Magnetic force microscopy(MFM) 분석을 이용하여 제작된 각각의 magnetic dot pattern이 single domain 특성과 수직자기이방성을 가지고 있음을 확인하였고, superconducting quantum interference device(SQUID) 분석을 통하여 2900 Oe이상의 높은 수직방향 보자력을 확인하였다.