Determination of Activation Volumes of Reversal in Perpendicular Media

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 39, Issue 5 II, 2003, Pages 2344-2346

  Dutson, J D ^a   O'Grady, K ^a   Lu, Bin ^b   Kubota, Yukiko ^b   Platt, C L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b SEAGATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Activation volume; Fluctuation field; Magnetic characterization; Perpendicular recording media

Indexed keywords

COBALT ALLOYS; COERCIVE FORCE; DEMAGNETIZATION; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC HYSTERESIS; MAGNETIC RECORDING; MULTILAYERS;

PERPENDICULAR RECORDING MEDIA;

MAGNETIC FILMS;

EID: 0141919445     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2003.816292     Document Type: Article

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