High speed switching measurements in thin film disk media

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 34, Issue 4 PART 1, 1998, Pages 1828-1833

  Stinnett, S M ^a   Doyle, W D ^a   Flanders, P J ^a   Dawson, C ^a  

^a University of Alabama   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COERCIVE FORCE; MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY; MAGNETIC RECORDING; MAGNETIC TAPE; MAGNETIC THIN FILM DEVICES; REMANENCE; VISCOSITY;

SHARROCK'S LAW; THERMAL SWITCHING;

MAGNETIC DISK STORAGE;

EID: 0032118077     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.706719     Document Type: Article

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