Magnetic and structural properties of FePt-FeRh exchange spring films for thermally assisted magnetic recording media

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 40, Issue 4 II, 2004, Pages 2537-2542

  Thiele, Jan Ulrich ^a   Maat, Stefan ^a   Robertson, J Lee ^b   Fullerton, Eric E ^a  

^a SAN JOSE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Iron alloys; Magnetic recording; Magnetization reversal; Thin films

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; COERCIVE FORCE; FERROMAGNETISM; HEATING; IRON ALLOYS; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MAGNETIC THIN FILMS; MAGNETIZATION; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

BILAYER FILMS; EXCHANGE SPRING FILMS; MAGNETIZATION REVERSAL; MAGNETOCRYSTALLINE ANISOTROPY;

MAGNETIC RECORDING;

EID: 4444258529     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2004.829325     Document Type: Article

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