Perpendicular recording by a narrow track single pole head

The feasibility of high track density recording in a perpendicular magnetic recording system has been investigated. The properties of the magnetic field of a single pole type (SPT) head having a narrow track width were studied by using a large scale model of a head and a medium. The y-field gradient of the SPT head near the track edge is steeper than the x-field gradient of a ring head, and it was confirmed by Bitter technique that the recorded track width acculately coincides with the width of the main pole of the SPT head. Perpendicular recording using the SPT head also has superior off-track characteristics and the crosstalk signal is hardly detected even at very narrow track pitches. From a magnetics point of view, no problems exist in narrowing the track width of the SPT head in perpendicular recording. Narrow track recording and reproducing with SPT head of only 6.5 μm in track width could be achieved with sufficient signal to noise ratio in perpendicular flexible disk systems.