An analysis for the circular mode of magnetization in short wavelength recording

Abstract

It has been deduced from the analysis of recording demagnetization mechanism in magnetic recording that in short wavelengths the remanent magnetization exhibits a closed-loop structure in the recording medium. In this paper a novel experimental method is presented to confirm the existence of such structure (a circular magnetization mode) and to investigate its mechanism for usual recording medium and heads. The transformation of magnetization from a circular mode to a perpendicular mode is also discussed.