Low-noise CoCrPtO perpendicular media with improved resolution

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 39, Issue 2 I, 2003, Pages 668-672

  Velu, E M T ^a   Malhotra, Sudhir ^a   Bertero, Gerardo ^a   Wachenschwanz, David ^a  

^a WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

CoCrPtO perpendicular media; Magnetic properties; MFM; Microstructure; Ru interlayer; Soft underlayers

Indexed keywords

COBALT COMPOUNDS; COERCIVE FORCE; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; IMAGE QUALITY; NUCLEATION; OPTIMIZATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

COBALT CHROMIUM PLATINUM OXIDE; PERPENDICULAR MEDIA;

MAGNETIC RECORDING;

EID: 0037361027     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2003.808991     Document Type: Article

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