Read and write processes, and head technology for perpendicular recording

Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials

Volumn 321, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 495-507

  Gao, Kai Zhong ^a   Heinonen, Olle ^a   Chen, Yonghua ^a  

^a SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Perpendicular recording; Playback process; Recording head technology; Write process

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC RECORDING; RECORDING INSTRUMENTS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TECHNOLOGY;

ALTERNATIVE DESIGNS; ANALYTICAL FORMULAS; DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS; DESIGN RULES; FINITE-ELEMENT MODELING; GEOMETRICAL SCALING; HIGH AREAL DENSITIES; MEDIUM DESIGNS; MICRO-MAGNETIC SIMULATIONS; MODELING TECHNIQUES; PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC RECORDINGS; PERPENDICULAR RECORDING; PLAYBACK PROCESS; RECORDING HEAD TECHNOLOGY; RECORDING PHYSICS; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIOS; TRANSITION CURVATURES; ULTRA HIGHS; ULTRA-HIGH DENSITIES; WRITE PROCESS;

DESIGN;

EID: 60949097365     PISSN: 03048853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2008.05.025     Document Type: Article

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