A study of multirow-per-track bit patterned media by spinstand testing and magnetic force microscopy

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Chen, Y J ^a   Huang, T L ^a   Leong, S H ^a   Hu, S B ^a   Ng, K W ^a   Yuan, Z M ^a   Zong, B Y ^a   Liu, B ^a   Ng, V ^b  

^a DATA STORAGE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURFACE WAVE FILTERS; ION BOMBARDMENT; LANDFORMS; MAGNETIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; NANOIMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY;

BIT-PATTERNED MEDIA; NON-MAGNETIC SPACERS; SPIN-STAND;

DATA RECORDING;

EID: 51749116912     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2978326     Document Type: Article

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