Magnetic recording media for tilted recording

A tilted magnetic recording medium comprising:

• a magneticaily soft underlayer;
• a magnetic layer including an L10 magnetic material with a (111) orientation above the magnetically soft underlayer, the magnetic material having an easy axis of switching which is tilted at an oblique angle from a planar surface on which the magnetic material is deposited, the magnetic layer including matrix material at grain boundaries which isolates grains of the L10 magnetic material;
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• an intermediate layer between the L10 magnetic material and the magnetically soft underlayer, wherein the intermediate layer has a close-packed surface structure with a triangular lattice.

A tilted magnetic recording medium comprising:

• a magnetically soft underlayer;
• an intermediate layer with a (111) oriented fcc structure above the magnetically soft underlayer, the intermediate layer comprised primarily of platinum, palladium, iridium or rhodium;
• and
• an L10 magnetic material with a (111) orientalion above the intermediate layer.

A tilted magnetic recording medium comprising:

• a magnetically soft underlayer;
• an intermediate layer with a (111) oriented fcc structure above the magnetically soft underlayer, wherein the intermediate layer is an fcc alloy comprised primarily of Fe, Co, Pd, and Pt;
• and
• an L10 magnetic material with a (111) orientation above the intermediate layer.

A tilted magnetic recording medium comprising:

• a magnetically soft underlayer;
• an intermediate layer of an (100) oriented hcp material;
• and
• an L10 magnetic material with a (111) orientation above the intermediate layer.