Carbon overcoat oxidation in heat-assisted magnetic recording

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 3721-3724

  Pathem, B K ^a   Guo, X C ^a   Rose, F ^a   Wang, N ^b   Komvopoulos, K ^b   Schreck, E ^a   Marchon, B ^a  

^a WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon overcoat; graphitization; head disk interface; heat assisted magnetic recording; oxidation; Raman

Indexed keywords

CARBON EROSION; CARBON OVERCOAT; HEAD DISK INTERFACE; HEAT ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING; NOVEL TECHNIQUES; RAMAN; STORAGE CAPACITY; THERMAL-ANNEALING;

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING; GRAPHITIZATION; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; OXIDATION;

PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION;

EID: 84880831511     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2012.2236645     Document Type: Article

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