Magnetization switching variations and transition-width limit in heat-assisted magnetic recording

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2371-2374

  Wang, Xiaobin ^a   Gao, Kaizhong ^a   Seigler, Mike ^a  

^a SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat assisted recording; magnetization switching variations; switching field distribution; transition width

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC RECORDING; SWITCHING;

HEAT ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING; INDUCED MAGNETIZATIONS; MAGNETIZATION SWITCHING; MAGNETIZATION TRANSITION; RECORDING PERFORMANCE; SWITCHING FIELD DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL FLUCTUATIONS; TRANSITION WIDTHS;

MAGNETIZATION REVERSAL;

EID: 80053480465     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2011.2151837     Document Type: Article

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