The role of STM tip shape in heat assisted magnetic probe recording on CoNi/Pt film

Proceedings of the 3rd ASME Integrated Nanosystems Conference - Design, Synthesis, and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 41-44

  Zhang, Li ^a   Bain, James A ^a   Zhu, Jian Gang ^a   Abelmann, Leon ^b   Onoue, Takahiro ^b  

^a DSSC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECTS; METALLIC FILMS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SUPERPARAMAGNETISM; SURFACE TENSION;

EMISSION CURRENT; HEAT-ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING (HAMR); MAGNETIC PROBE RECORDING; PULSE VOLTAGE;

MAGNETIC RECORDING;

EID: 21244492821     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/nano2004-46057     Document Type: Conference Paper

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