Experimental study of lubricant depletion in heat assisted magnetic recording

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 48, Issue 5 PART 1, 2012, Pages 1813-1818

  Ma, Y S ^a   Chen, X Y ^a   Zhao, J M ^a   Yu, S K ^a   Liu, B ^a   Seet, H L ^a   Ng, K K ^a   Hu, J F ^a   Shi, J Z ^a  

^a DATA STORAGE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Hard disk drive; heat assisted magnetic recording; laser irradiation; lubricant depletion

Indexed keywords

HARD DISK STORAGE; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; MAGNETISM; SUBSTRATES;

EQUIVALENT CONDITION; HARD DISK DRIVE; HEAT ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING; HEATING AND COOLING CYCLES; HEATING TEMPERATURES; LUBRICANT DEPLETIONS; STAND-ALONE LASERS; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC LIMIT;

MAGNETIC RECORDING;

EID: 84860487379     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2011.2170962     Document Type: Article

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