Abstract: In conventional disk files, the slider is supported by an air-bearing when the disk is rotating at its designed speed. With the continued reduction of magnetic spacing in order to increase ...

Abstract: Two of the most difficult issues to resolve in current design of head/disk interface in magnetic recording devices are stiction and durability problems. One method of overcoming these problems ...

Abstract: In hard disk drives that utilize load/unload technology, the slider loads onto the disk from hundreds of microns away before the slider settles into the designed flying height. Due to the ...

Abstract: High-velocity intermittent contacts between a slider and a disk may lead to data erasure due to interfacial heating and high-speed mechanical contact stresses. These potential modes of erasure ...

Abstract: We investigate the influence of crown on slider dynamics during the takeoff stages of disk drives using the multi-channel laser interferometer. We show that a two-dimensional analysis of slider ...