Table 1 Pole field and gradient extracted from study.

From: Ultrasensitive mechanical detection of magnetic moment using a commercial disk drive write head

 

Magnetic field |B|

Field gradient ∂x|B|

12 mA

30 mA

Saturation

12 mA

30 mA

Saturation

Experiment

0.51 T

0.87 T

17 MT m−1

28 MT m−1

Model

0.34 T

0.64 T

0.98 T

10 MT m−1

19 MT m−1

29 MT m−1

  1. Values were measured at z=5 nm and are reported for drive currents of 12 mA (pole magnetization 0.83±0.07 T), 30 mA (1.57±0.08 T) and for magnetic saturation (2.4 T), respectively. The estimated error for the experimental values is +28%/−11% due to the uncertainty in the tip volume. The model values are probably slightly overestimated due to the few-nm thick protective layer of diamond-like carbon and Pt on top of the write pole. See Supplementary Material for details.