Electron Spectroscopic Imaging Analysis of Compositional Inhomogeneity in CoCrTa Longitudinal Thin Film Media

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 2836-2838

  Yahisa, Y ^a   Matsuda, Y ^a   Inagaki, J ^a   Furusawa, K ^a   Narishige, S ^a   Kimoto, K ^a   Usami, K ^a  

^a HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT ALLOYS; COERCIVE FORCE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DEPOSITION; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETIC RECORDING; SUBSTRATES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

COMPOSITIONAL INHOMOGENEITY; ELEMENTAL MAPS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SATURATION FLUX DENSITY; TWO DIMENSIONAL NETWORK;

MAGNETIC THIN FILMS;

EID: 0029408411     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: 19410069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.490168     Document Type: Article

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