ASSESSING GRADUATE SCREEN PRODUCTION OUTPUTS IN NINETEEN AUSTRALIAN FILM SCHOOLS: RATIONALE FOR THE 2008 ASPERA- CARRICK PROJECT APPLICATION

High substrate biasing during sputter deposition of an underlayer enables the manufacture of a magnetic recording medium exhibiting increased Hr, S* and SNR. Embodiments include sputter depositing a CrMn underlayer on a NiP-plated Al substrate at a negative substrate bias greater than about 300 volts and subsequently depositing a CoCrPtTa magnetic layer.