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In this paper, the temperature and electromagnetic field distributions for bit-patterned media (BPM) with heat-assisted writing technology at areal density of 6.54–17.92 Tb/in2 are investigated by the finite integral technique method. We have found that the BPM can confine temperature better than continuous media. The temperature ratio of neighbor bits to heating bit of BPM at areal density of 6.54–7.69 Tb/in2 is lower than 65% and increases with increasing areal density. The electric field direction is toward the bit and the magnetic field circulates around the heating bit. In addition, the electric field of BPM is the same pattern as continuous media at areal density of 13.17 Tb/in2 or above.

We develop a code to extract the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) arising from the magnetic film in a recording medium. The approach allows us to separate the remanence and transition contributions from the global spatial noise. The results are in excellent agreement with the analysis performed on the same data sets by means of Seagate proprietary software based on ensemble wave-form analysis. We then apply this analytical approach to the results of heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) dynamics simulations by means of the open-source multi-time-scale micromagnetic code MARS and compare these with experimental spin-stand measurements of analogous systems. The proposed model could be used as the standard tool to understand the underlying physics of the noise components affecting HAMR operations and how to decrease the noise arising from the medium to improve the writing performance of HAMR.