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Thermal writability

Thermal writability is the requirement that a magnetic write field bias the intended state strongly enough relative to thermal fluctuations to meet a recording-error target.

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Evans and colleagues distinguish this from merely overcoming coercivity [1]. Their equilibrium, aligned-axis model describes a single grain per bit; numerical density estimates depend on write field, temperature, magnetization and error tolerance. They are not universal commercial-HAMR limits. This concerns errors during writing, not only retention after cooling.

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hamr, superparamagnetic-limit, near-field-transducer

Citations

  1. Evans, Chantrell, Nowak, Lyberatos and Richter: Thermally induced error: density limit for magnetic data storage (2012), doi:10.1063/1.3691196; equations 1-2 and concluding limitations; arXiv v2 (accessed 2026-10-16)

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