Noise reduction by surface oxidization of a CoCrZr seed layer on glass substrates for CoCrPt/CrTi thin film media

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 35, Issue 5 PART 1, 1999, Pages 2640-2642

  Matsuda, Y ^a   Yahisa, Y ^a   Sakamoto, K ^a   Takahashi, Y ^a   Katou, A ^a   Hosoe, Y ^a  

^a HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cocrpt crti; Media noise; Oxidized cocrzr; Seed layer

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM ALLOYS; COBALT ALLOYS; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; GLASS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; NOISE ABATEMENT; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; SUBSTRATES;

CHROMIUM TITANIDE; COBALT CHROMIUM ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS;

MAGNETIC THIN FILMS;

EID: 0033184125     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.800925     Document Type: Article

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