Effects of underlayer grain size on the microstructure of the magnetic layer in CoCrPt media

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 35, Issue 5 PART 1, 1999, Pages 2667-2669

  Kanbe, T ^a   Takahashi, Y ^a   Tanahashi, K ^a   Ishikawa, A ^a   Hosoe, Y ^a  

^a HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bi crystal; Grain size; HRTEM; Microstructure; Thin film media

Indexed keywords

COBALT ALLOYS; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HIGH RESOLUTION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC TEXTURE; MAGNETIC LAYERS;

MAGNETIC THIN FILMS;

EID: 0033184295     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.800941     Document Type: Article

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