Magnetic and read-write properties of coupled granular/continuous perpendicular recording media and magnetization reversal process

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 671-675

  Tham, K K ^a   Sonobe, Y ^a   Wago, K ^b  

^a HOYA Magnetics Singapore   (Singapore)

^b Hoya Corporation USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Activation volume; Angular dependence of Hc; Cluster size; Plane view TEM image

Indexed keywords

COBALT ALLOYS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIZATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

ACTIVATION VOLUMES; CLUSTER SIZES; COUPLED GRANULAR/CONTINUOUS (CGC) MEDIA; MAGNETIC SATURATION;

MAGNETIC RECORDING;

EID: 33846577812     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2006.888227     Document Type: Article

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