Novel soft magnetic underlayer for double-layered perpendicular magnetic recording media: Electroless-deposited films of CoNiFe-based alloy

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 40, Issue 4 II, 2004, Pages 2356-2358

  Asahi, Toru ^a   Yokoshima, Tokihiko ^a   Kawaji, Jun ^a   Osaka, Tetsuya ^a   Ohta, Hiroshi ^b   Ohmori, Masahiro ^b   Sakai, Hiroshi ^b  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Showa Denko Materials Co   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conife based alloy; Double layered perpendicular magnetic recording media; Electroless deposition; Soft magnetic underlayers

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING; COBALT ALLOYS; COERCIVE FORCE; ELECTROLESS PLATING; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FILMS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SOFT MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

CONIFE ALLOYS; DOUBLE LAYERED PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIA; SOFT MAGNETIC UNDERLAYERS;

MAGNETIC RECORDING;

EID: 4444275618     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2004.832123     Document Type: Article

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