Optical properties of alumina titanium carbide sliders used in rigid disk drives

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 28, 1998, Pages 6654-6663

  De Groot, Peter ^a  

^a ZYGO CORPORATION   (United States)

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EID: 0009298104     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.006654     Document Type: Article

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