Exchange coupled composite media for perpendicular magnetic recording

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2828-2833

  Victora, R H ^a,b   Shen, X ^b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Exchange coupled composite media; Perpendicular magnetic recording; Thermal fluctuations

Indexed keywords

COERCIVE FORCE; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MAGNETIC RECORDING; MAGNETOSTATICS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THIN FILMS;

EXCHANGED COUPLED COMPOSITE (ECC) MEDIA; PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC RECORDING; SWITCHING FIELDS; THERMAL FLUCTUATIONS;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 27744498821     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2005.855263     Document Type: Article

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