CoFe-IrMn exchange-coupled soft underlayers for perpendicular media

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 38, Issue 5 I, 2002, Pages 2015-2017

  Jung, H S ^a   Doyle, W D ^a  

^a University of Alabama   (United States)

Author keywords

CoFe alloy; Exchange coupling; High saturation magnetization; Perpendicular media; Soft underlayers

Indexed keywords

COBALT ALLOYS; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; GLASS; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC FILMS; MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY; MAGNETIZATION; MULTILAYERS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

SOFT UNDERLAYERS;

MAGNETIC RECORDING;

EID: 0036762477     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2002.801813     Document Type: Article

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