Design consideration and practical solution of high-performance perpendicular magnetic recording media

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 786-792

  Tang, K ^a   Bian, X ^a   Choe, G ^a   Takano, K ^a   Mirzamaani, M ^a   Wang, G ^a   Zhang, J ^a   Xiao, Q F ^a   Ikeda, Y ^a   Risner Jamtgaard, J ^a   Xu, X ^a  

^a SAN JOSE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual magnetic cap layer; Exchange control layer; Exchange coupled composite media; Granular oxide magnetic layer; Perpendicular magnetic recording media

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETIC RECORDING; RUTHENIUM; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

CAP LAYERS; CONTROL LAYERS; EXCHANGE COUPLED COMPOSITE MEDIA; MAGNETIC LAYERS; PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIA;

MAGNETISM;

EID: 60449119906     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2008.2010479     Document Type: Article

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