Reversal in bit patterned media with vertical and lateral exchange

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 47, Issue 1 PART 1, 2011, Pages 18-25

  Lubarda, M V ^a   Li, S ^a   Livshitz, B ^a   Fullerton, E E ^a   Lomakin, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic recording; magnetic thermal factors; magnetization reversal

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC RECORDING; MAGNETIZATION REVERSAL; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; SWITCHING; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

ANTIFERRO-MAGNETICALLY COUPLED; BIT-PATTERNED MEDIA; DIPOLAR INTERACTION; HIGH THERMAL STABILITY; MICROMAGNETIC SIMULATIONS; SWITCHING FIELD DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL FACTORS; VERTICAL ANISOTROPY;

SYSTEM STABILITY;

EID: 78651103309     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2010.2089610     Document Type: Article

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