Magnetic and microstructural properties of CoCrPt: Oxide perpendicular recording media with novel intermediate layers

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 633-638

  Piramanayagam, S N ^a   Shi, J Z ^a   Zhao, H B ^a   Pock, C K ^b   Mah, C S ^a   Ong, C Y ^a   Zhao, J M ^a   Zhang, T ^a   Kay, Y S ^a   Lu, L ^b  

^a DATA STORAGE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Grain size; Intermediate layer; Kerr rotation; Perpendicular magnetic recording

Indexed keywords

COBALT COMPOUNDS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MAGNETIC HEADS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

INTERMEDIATE LAYERS; NOVEL INTERMEDIATE LAYERS; PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC RECORDING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

MAGNETIC RECORDING;

EID: 33846621535     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2006.888206     Document Type: Article

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