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A perpendicular anisotropy master medium (PAMM) is proposed. The PAMM is composed of CoPt film with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy and large saturation magnetization. The magnetization distributions of PAMM and conventional master media (using an FeCo soft magnetic layer) were analyzed by using micromagnetic simulation. It was found that the peak-to-valley value of the recording field and the recording field gradient at the edge of the patterned magnetic film of PAMM were larger than those of the conventional master medium. Furthermore, the peak-to-valley value of the recording field and the recording field gradient of PAMM did not depend on the strength of the printing field. The printing characteristic of PAMM is twice that of the conventional master medium. Furthermore, the optimum printing field for PAMM is 1 kOe lower than that of the conventional master medium. As a result, PAMM is expected to improve the printing characteristic of the bit printing method.

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