Return field-induced partial erasure in perpendicular recording using trailing-edge shielded writers

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 600-604

  Bai, Daniel Z ^a   Luo, Peng ^a   Torabi, Adam ^a   Terrill, Dave ^a   Wang, James ^a   Stoev, Kroum ^a   Liu, Francis ^a   Moneck, Matthew ^b   Tang, Yuhui ^b   Zhu, Jian Gang ^b  

^a WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Partial erasure; Perpendicular recording; Return field; Shielded pole head

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC HEADS; MAGNETIC SHIELDING; OPTIMIZATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

PERPENDICULAR RECORDING; RETURN FIELD INDUCED PARTIAL ERASURE (RFPE); SHIELDED POLE HEADS;

MAGNETIC RECORDING;

EID: 33846628236     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2006.888198     Document Type: Article

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