• DocumentCode
    2823586
  • Title

    Flyability and flying height modulation measurement of sliders with sub-10 nm flying heights

  • Author

    Zeng, Q.H. ; Thornton, B.H. ; Bogy, D.B. ; Bhatia, C.S.

  • Author_Institution
    IBM Almaden Res. Center, San Jose, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    6-8 Nov. 2000
  • Abstract
    An experimental system is set up, and a procedure is proposed for measuring the flying height modulation (FHM) at the head-disk interface of a magnetic disk drive by using laser Doppler vibrometry (LDV). A precision trigger, a large number of averages, and a suitable filter are key to successfully measuring the FHM. Better results can be obtained from the velocity output of the LDV as opposed to the displacement output.
  • Keywords
    Doppler measurement; height measurement; magnetic disc storage; magnetic heads; measurement by laser beam; flyability; flying height modulation measurement; head-disk interface; laser Doppler vibrometry; magnetic disk drive; slider; Acoustic signal detection; Drives; Frequency domain analysis; Laboratories; Laser beams; Loss measurement; Mechanical engineering; Oscilloscopes; Position measurement; Stability;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Asia-Pacific Magnetic Recording Conference, 2000. APMRC 2000
  • Conference_Location
    Tokyo, Japan
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-6254-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APMRC.2000.898923
  • Filename
    898923