Fabrication of FePt/FeCo/FePt exchange-spring trilayer with very thin FeCo layer for high-resolution MFM tips

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 3793-3795

  Rheem, Youngwoo ^a,b   Saito, Hitoshi ^a   Ishio, Shunji ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b University of California Riverside   (United States)

Author keywords

Exchange spring magnet; High resolution MFM tip; Trilayer film

Indexed keywords

ALLOYING; DIFFUSION; HEAT TREATMENT; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MULTILAYERS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER;

EXCHANGE-SPRING MAGNET; HIGH-RESOLUTION MFM TIP; MAGNETIC SWITCHING TRANSITION; TRILAYER FILM;

MAGNETIC THIN FILMS;

EID: 27744603864     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2005.854692     Document Type: Article

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