Antiferromagnetically coupled patterned media and control of switching field distribution

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1787-1790

  Ranjbar, Mojtaba ^a,b   Piramanayagam, S N ^a   Suzi, Deng ^a,b   Aung, Kyaw Oo ^a   Sbiaa, Rachid ^a   Kay, Yew Seng ^a   Wong, Seng Kai ^a   Chong, Chong Tow ^a,b  

^a DATA STORAGE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Antiferromagnetically coupled patterned media; Magnetostatic interactions; Switching field distribution

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; NANODOTS; TEXTURES;

ANTIFERRO-MAGNETICALLY COUPLED; BIT-PATTERNED MEDIA (BPM); HIGH AREAL DENSITY; HYSTERESIS CURVE; MAGNETIC FORCE MICROSCOPIES (MFM); MAGNETOSTATIC INTERACTIONS; PATTERNED MEDIAS; SWITCHING FIELD DISTRIBUTION;

MAGNETOSTATICS;

EID: 77952813684     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2010.2043226     Document Type: Article

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