MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a magnetic recording medium and a manufacturing method thereof.SOLUTION: In a magnetic recording medium 1, a thin film first magnetic layer 8 and a patterned second magnetic layer 12 are continuously provided in a multiple magnetic layer so as to improve recording density of the recording medium 1. A magnetic anisotropy coefficient of the first magnetic layer 8 is larger than that of the second magnetic layer 12. Magnetic bits 13 of the second magnetic layer 12 form circular tracks. Magnetic bits 13 of the second magnetic layer 12 have island-like shapes which are independent of each other.