High-moment FeCo-IrMn exchange-coupled soft underlayers for perpendicular media

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 39, Issue 2 I, 2003, Pages 679-684

  Jung, H S ^a   Doyle, W D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; FERROMAGNETISM; IRIDIUM COMPOUNDS; IRON COMPOUNDS; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC COUPLINGS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MULTILAYERS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

EXCHANGE COUPLED SOFT UNDERLAYERS; PERPENDICULAR MEDIA; POSTANNEALING; UNDERLAYERS;

SOFT MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0037358628     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2003.808993     Document Type: Article

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