Micromagnetic Predictions for Signal and Noise in Barium Ferrite Recording Media

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1989, Pages 2751-2760

  Victora, Randall H ^a   Peng, James P ^a  

^a EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; MAGNETOSTATICS; RECORDING; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

BARIUM FERRITE; MICROMAGNETIC RECORDING;

FERRITES;

EID: 0024664093     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: 19410069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.24519     Document Type: Article

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