Readback Responses for Complex Recording Media Configurations

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 40, Issue 1 I, 2004, Pages 112-128

  Wilton, David T ^a   Wood, Roger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b SAN JOSE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropic permeability; Exchange coupling; Frequency response; Layered media; Magnetic recording

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC HEADS; MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY; MAGNETIZATION;

ANISOTROPIC PERMEABILITY; EXCHANGE COUPLING; READBACK RESPONSES;

MAGNETIC RECORDING;

EID: 1342308083     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2003.819475     Document Type: Article

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