Switching field and thermal stability of CoPt/Ru dot arrays with various thicknesses

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2160-2162

  Mitsuzuka, K ^a   Kikuchi, N ^a   Shimatsu, T ^a   Kitakami, O ^a   Aoi, H ^a   Muraoka, H ^a   Lodder, J C ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CoPt perpendicular films; Dot arrays; Patterned media; Remanence coercivity; Single domain; Thermal stability

Indexed keywords

COERCIVE FORCE; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MAGNETIC FILMS; MAGNETIZATION; RUTHENIUM; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

COPT PERPENDICULAR FILMS; DOT ARRAYS; PATTERNED MEDIA; REMANENCE COERCIVITY; SINGLE DOMAIN;

COBALT ALLOYS;

EID: 34249026292     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2007.893129     Document Type: Article

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