Recording performance of discrete track patterned media fabricated by focused ion beam

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2195-2198

  Chen, Y J ^a   Ng, K W ^a   Leong, S H ^a   Guo, Z B ^a   Shi, J Z ^a   Liu, B ^a  

^a DATA STORAGE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Discrete track media; FIB lithography; High track density; Recording performance

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIZATION; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; RECORDING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

DISCRETE TRACK MEDIA; FIB LITHOGRAPHY; HIGH TRACK DENSITY; RECORDING PERFORMANCE;

ION BEAMS;

EID: 21644478408     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2005.847627     Document Type: Article

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