Dependence of thermomagnetic mark size on applied STM voltage in Co-Pt multilayers

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 38, Issue 5 I, 2002, Pages 1895-1897

  Zhang, Li ^a   Bain, James A ^a   Zhu, Jian Gang ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cylindrical magnetic domain; High density recording; Scanning tunneling microscope; Thermal assistance

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MAGNETIC STORAGE; MULTILAYERS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

THERMOMAGNETIC MARKS;

MAGNETIC RECORDING;

EID: 0036762291     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2002.801781     Document Type: Article

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