According to one embodiment, a magnetic head includes a first magnetic pole, a second magnetic pole, and a stacked body provided between the first and second magnetic poles. The stacked body includes a first magnetic member, a second magnetic member provided between the first and second magnetic members, and a first layer provided between the first and second magnetic members, and including at least one selected from the group consisting of Cr, V, Mn, Ti and Sc. The first magnetic member includes first magnetic regions and a first non-magnetic region. A direction from one of the first magnetic regions toward another one of the first magnetic regions is along a first direction from the first magnetic pole toward the second magnetic pole. The first non-magnetic region is between the one of the first magnetic regions and the other one of the first magnetic regions.

Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to a magnetic recording device comprising a magnetic recording head having a negative anisotropic magnetic (−Ku) material notch. The magnetic recording device comprises a main pole disposed at a media facing surface (MFS), a trailing shield disposed adjacent to the main pole, and a trailing gap disposed between the main pole and the trailing shield. The trailing shield comprises a hot seed layer disposed adjacent to the trailing gap, and a notch comprising a −Ku material in contact with the hot seed layer and the trailing gap. The notch is disposed adjacent to a first surface of the main pole at the MFS. The notch comprising the −Ku material results in an increased effective write magnetic field, an increased down-track field gradient due to reduced shunting from the main pole to the trailing shield, leading to an increased areal density capacity.

According to one embodiment, a magnetic head includes first and second shields, a magnetic pole, and a trailing shield. The magnetic pole is provided between the first and second shields. The trailing shield is separated from the magnetic pole. The first shield includes first magnetic layers and first nonmagnetic layers arranged alternately along a first stacking direction. The first nonmagnetic layers include at least one selected from the group consisting of Ru, Cu, and Cr. Thicknesses of the first nonmagnetic layers each is not less than 0.3 nanometers and not more than 2.2 nanometers. The second shield includes second magnetic layers and second nonmagnetic layers arranged alternately along a second stacking direction. The second nonmagnetic layers include at least one selected from the group consisting of Ru, Cu, and Cr. Thicknesses of the second nonmagnetic layers each is not less than 0.3 nanometers and not more than 2.2 nanometers.

The disclosed technology includes a storage device including an interlaced magnetic recording (IMR) system, and a transducer head, including two writers, each writer including a write pole, wherein a width of a first write pole in a cross-track direction is substantially greater than a width of a second write pole in the cross-track direction, and wherein a down-track width of a front shield gap of the first write pole is substantially similar to down-track width of a front shield gap of the second write pole. In another implementation, the storage device includes an IMR system, and a transducer head, including two writers, each writer including a write pole, wherein a width of the first write pole in a cross-track direction is substantially greater than a width of a second write pole in a cross-track direction, and wherein a cross-track width of a side shield gap of the first write pole is substantially similar to a cross-track width of a side shield gap of the second write pole.

According to one embodiment, an evaluation method of a magnetic head is disclosed. The method can include acquiring an electrical signal obtained from a magnetic element when supplying a first alternating current to a coil of a magnetic head and supplying a second current to the magnetic element. The magnetic head includes a first magnetic pole, a second magnetic pole, and a coil. The magnetic element is provided between the first magnetic pole and the second magnetic pole, and includes a first magnetic layer. The method can include detecting a time required for a change of an electrical resistance of the magnetic element based on a time when a polarity of the first alternating current is reversed based on the electrical signal.

A magnetic head includes a medium facing surface, a coil, a main pole, a write shield, and a first and a second return path section. The first return path section is located on the leading side of the main pole. The coil includes a specific coil element passing through a space defined by main pole, a gap section, write shield and first return path section. The main pole has a bottom end including a first portion and a second portion, the second portion being farther from medium facing surface than is the first portion. The specific coil element has a rear end farthest from medium facing surface. The distance from medium facing surface to rear end of the specific coil element is smaller than or equal to the distance from the medium facing surface to the boundary between the first portion and the second portion.

A manufacturing method for a magnetic head forms a leading shield having a top surface. The top surface of the leading shield includes first and second portions. The second portion is located farther from a medium facing surface than is the first portion, and recessed from the first portion. A first gap layer is then formed on the first portion. Then, a magnetic layer including an initial first side shield, an initial second side shield and a coupling section connecting them is formed using a mold. The mold is then removed. The coupling section is then removed by etching the magnetic layer. A second gap layer and a main pole are then formed in this order.

Aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to a magnetic recording head of a spintronic device, such as a write head of a data storage device, for example a magnetic media drive. In one example, a magnetic recording head includes a main pole, a trailing shield, and a spin torque layer (STL) between the main pole and the trailing shield. The magnetic recording head includes a first layer structure on the main pole, and the first layer structure includes a negative polarization layer. The magnetic recording head also includes a second layer structure disposed on the negative polarization layer and between the negative polarization layer and the STL. The negative polarization layer is an FeCr layer. The second layer structure includes a Cr layer disposed on the FeCr layer, and a Cu layer disposed on the Cr layer and between the Cr layer and the STL.

A magnetic writer includes a high magnetic moment write pole layer on a main write pole, the write pole layer including a proximal end recessed from the air bearing surface, and a Wide Area Track Erasure (WATER) reservoir recessed from the proximal end of the write pole layer and transverse to a longitudinal direction of the main write pole. The write pole layer may be conformal in shape to, but have smaller dimensions relative to, the main write pole, such that a distance between their outer surfaces is generally constant in a flare region. The WATER reservoir width, in a cross-track direction, may be greater than or equal to the maximum width of the main write pole.

A system, according to one embodiment, includes: a main pole; and a trailing shield. A first distance D1 is defined in a track direction between the trailing shield and a pole tip region of the main pole; and a second distance D2 is defined in the track direction between the trailing shield and a second region of the main pole located behind the pole tip region, where D2 is greater than D1. Other systems, and methods are described in additional embodiments.