Optical flying-height testing of magnetic read-write heads

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2782, Issue , 2004, Pages 47-57

  De Groot, Peter J ^a   Deck, Leslie L ^a   Soobitsky, James A ^a   Biegen, James F ^a  

^a ZYGO CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLYING HEIGHTS; HIGH SENSITIVITY; IN-SITU; NEW INSTRUMENT; PHASE CHANGE ON REFLECTION; POLARIZATION INTERFEROMETRY; RIGID DISK; WRITE HEADS;

DISKS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); OPTICAL TESTING; ROTATING DISKS;

MAGNETIC HEADS;

EID: 78951485761     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.250775     Document Type: Conference Paper

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