Patent ID: 8724434

Claim:
A magnetic recording system, comprising following configurations: a recording head; a recording medium that includes a first recording medium layer, a second recording medium layer, and a substrate, wherein the first recording medium layer includes an antiferromagnetic thin film formed of an antiferromagnetic material having a magneto electric (ME) effect, the second recording medium layer includes a ferromagnetic thin film for generating a large magnetization necessary for transferring and reading magnetic data recorded in the first recording medium layer, the substrate holds the first recording medium layer and the second recording medium layer that are laminated thereon; an electric field applying device that applies an electric field to the recording medium; a magnetic field applying device that applies a magnetic field; and a movement mechanism that has a function of moving at least one of the electric field applying device and the magnetic field applying device to an arbitrary position on the recording medium, wherein the magnetic recording system has a function of controlling an applying direction of at least one of the electric field applying device and the magnetic field applying device, and the recording head is arranged at a position facing the recording medium.