Low noise properties and thermal stability of co-based thin film media for high density longitudinal recording

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 36, Issue 1 PART 1, 2000, Pages 86-91

  Abarra, E N ^a  

^a FUJITSU LABORATORIES LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

20 gbit in2 recording; Longitudinal magnetic recording media; Low noise properties; Thermal stability

Indexed keywords

COBALT CHROMIUM; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIA; LOW NOISE PROPERTIES; MAGNETIC LAYER; NICKEL PHOSPHIDE; THERMAL DECAY;

CHROMIUM ALLOYS; COBALT ALLOYS; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MAGNETIC RECORDING; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

MAGNETIC THIN FILMS;

EID: 0033900668     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.824430     Document Type: Article

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