High-potential magnetic anisotropy of CoPtCr-SiO2 perpendicular recording media

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 566-571

  Shimatsu, T ^a   Sato, H ^a   Oikawa, T ^a,b   Inaba, Y ^a   Kitakami, O ^a   Okamoto, S ^a   Aoi, H ^a   Muraoka, H ^a   Nakamura, Y ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUJI ELECTRIC CO   (Japan)

Author keywords

CoPtCr SiO2; Magnetic anisotropy; Perpendicular recording media; Thermal stability

Indexed keywords

COBALT COMPOUNDS; DEMAGNETIZATION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MAGNETIC RECORDING; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETOMETERS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THIN FILMS;

COPTCR-SIO2; GRAIN SEGREGATION; PERPENDICULAR RECORDING MEDIA; SATURATION RECORDING;

MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY;

EID: 14544292912     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2004.838071     Document Type: Article

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