Recent advances in the recording physics of thin-film media

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 21, 1999, Pages

  Richter, Hans Jürgen ^a  

^a SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COERCIVE FORCE; HARD DISK STORAGE; HYSTERESIS; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC THIN FILMS; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETORESISTANCE; SUPERPARAMAGNETISM;

MAGNETIZATION REVERSAL; NOISE THEORY; RECORDING THEORY; STORAGE DENSITY;

MAGNETIC RECORDING;

EID: 0033323989     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/32/21/201     Document Type: Article

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