• DocumentCode
    1414370
  • Title

    Issues on high-speed laser zone texturing of magnetic disk substrates with improved quality

  • Author

    Park, Hee K. ; Kerstens, Pieter J M ; Baumgart, Peter ; Tam, Andrew C.

  • Author_Institution
    IBM Manuf. Technol. Center, Boca Raton, FL, USA
  • Volume
    34
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    7/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1807
  • Lastpage
    1809
  • Abstract
    Important issues of laser zone texturing in manufacturing are discussed. We report practical strategies in terms of tooling and process control. We found that good bump height uniformity is achieved by operating in the most stable region where the effects of laser pulse energy fluctuation, disk thickness variation, and disk runout are minimized. By selecting optimum process parameters, a bump height standard deviation of less than 1.5% can be achieved
  • Keywords
    laser materials processing; magnetic disc storage; surface texture; surface topography; surface treatment; bump height standard deviation; bump height uniformity; disk runout; disk thickness; high-speed laser zone texturing; laser pulse energy fluctuation; magnetic disk substrates; manufacturing; process control; tooling; Laser beams; Laser stability; Laser theory; Manufacturing processes; Optical pulses; Process control; Production; Space vector pulse width modulation; Surface emitting lasers; Throughput;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9464
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/20.706713
  • Filename
    706713