| 摘要 |
An object of the present invention is to increase an electromagnetic transducing characteristic (in particular, SNR) by further promoting separation and isolation of magnetic grains of a magnetic recording layer (122) in a perpendicular magnetic recording medium (100). Thus, a typical structure of the perpendicular magnetic recording medium (100) according to the present invention includes, on a substrate (110), at least a non-magnetic granular layer (120) having a granular structure in which a grain boundary part including one or a plurality of oxides is formed between non-magnetic grains each continuously grown in a columnar shape and a magnetic recording layer (122) formed continuously with the non-magnetic granular layer (120) and having a granular structure in which a grain boundary part including one or a plurality of oxides is formed between magnetic grains continuously grown in a columnar shape in this order, and at least one oxide included in the grain boundary part of the non-magnetic granular layer (120) and at least one oxide included in the grain boundary part of the magnetic recording layer (122) are oxides of a same composition.
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