Patent ID: 8431257

Claim:
A perpendicular magnetic recording medium used for information recording of a perpendicular magnetic recording type, the perpendicular magnetic recording medium comprising: a substrate; a soft magnetic layer; an underlayer formed; and a magnetic layer having a multilayered structure including a plurality of magnetic layers, at least one of the magnetic layers including CoPt magnetic grains containing oxide, the soft magnetic layer, the underlayer, and the magnetic layer being formed on the substrate, wherein the magnetic layer includes two magnetic layers of an upper magnetic layer and a lower magnetic layer, the upper magnetic layer being on the lower magnetic layer, the upper magnetic layer including CoPt magnetic grains containing oxide and no CoCrPt magnetic grains, and the lower magnetic layer including CoCrPt magnetic grains containing oxide, wherein: the oxide comprises at least one material selected from the group consisting of SiO 2 , Ti 2 ,Cr 2 O 3 , Ta 2 O 5 , WO 3 , CoO, and Co 3 O 4 ; an oxide content of the CoPt magnetic grains included in the at least one of the magnetic layers is in a range of from 8 atomic % to 15 atomic %; and the upper magnetic layer has a film thickness of 3 to 10 nm.