Perpendicular magnetic recording medium and manufacturing method of the same

A perpendicular magnetic recording medium comprising:

• a substrate;
• a soft magnetic layer disposed above a surface of the substrate;
• a magnetic recording layer disposed above the soft magnetic layer;
• a continuous layer which is magnetically continuous in the in-plane direction of the substrate disposed above the magnetic recording layer;
• a blocking layer disposed above the continuous layer and CVD (Chemical Vapour Deposition) deposited directly on the continuous layer to have a thickness of approximately 0.25 nm for blocking shock imposed on the continuous layer when carbon atoms are applied during formation of a medium protective layer;
• and
• the medium protective layer containing carbon and formed on the blocking layer,
• wherein the blocking layer is non-magnetic and formed only of amorphous CrTi, and
• wherein the medium protective layer is formed on the blocking layer while a bias voltage of 100 V to 300 V is applied to the substrate.