Ultrathin Intermediate Template Layer for Perpendicular Recording Media

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 39, Issue 5 II, 2003, Pages 2282-2284

  Hirayama, Yoshiyuki ^a   Tamai, Ichiro ^a   Takekuma, Ikuko ^a   Hosoe, Yuzuru ^a  

^a HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intermediate layer; MgO layer; Perpendicular magnetic recording media; Ta template layer

Indexed keywords

COBALT ALLOYS; COERCIVE FORCE; MAGNESIA; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TANTALUM;

INTERMEDIATE LAYERS;

MAGNETIC RECORDING;

EID: 0141953910     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2003.816272     Document Type: Article

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