Material and layer design to overcome writing challenges in bit-patterned media

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 828-832

  Sbiaa, R ^a   Tan, E L ^a   Aung, K O ^a   Wong, S K ^a   Srinivasan, K ^a   Piramanayagam, S N ^a  

^a DATA STORAGE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bit patterned media; Perpendicular magnetic recording; Switching field distribution

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIZATION; REMANENCE;

BIT-PATTERNED MEDIA; BIT-PATTERNED MEDIA (BPM); HIGH PERPENDICULAR ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIZATION SWITCHING; MICROMAGNETIC SIMULATIONS; PERPENDICULAR ANISOTROPY; PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC RECORDING; SWITCHING FIELD DISTRIBUTION;

SWITCHING;

EID: 60449114978     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2008.2010644     Document Type: Article

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