Improvement of recording performance in FePt perpendicular media by Ag pinning layer

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 3196-3198

  Chen, J S ^a   Zhou, Y Z ^a,b   Lim, B C ^b   Zhou, T J ^a   Zhang, J ^a   Chow, G M ^b  

^a DATA STORAGE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

FePt; Magnetic recording noise; Magnetization reversal; Perpendicular magnetic recording; Pinning layer

Indexed keywords

COERCIVE FORCE; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; IRON COMPOUNDS; MAGNETIC COUPLINGS; MAGNETIC TAPE; SILVER;

FEPT; MAGNETIC RECORDING NOISE; MAGNETIZATION REVERSAL; PINNING LAYER;

MAGNETIC RECORDING;

EID: 27744477824     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2005.855268     Document Type: Article

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