Magnetic media patterned by laser interference lithography

In the last century there has been an accelerated development in information technologies, with an enhanced trend in magnetic storage systems. In order to be sustained, this accelerated development requires the creation of new technologies and devices which could allow higher storage densities, portability, lower power consumption and faster access and processing of the retrieved information. This work is the result of four years of research in the field of magnetic patterned media with potential applications for ultra high density information storage systems. A novel tool, Laser Interference Lithography (LIL) has been used in order to fabricate an experimental prototype of such media.

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