Perpendicular magnetic recording

Perpendicular Magnetic Recording

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1-174

  Khizroev, Sakhrat ^a   Litvinov, Dmitri ^b  

^a The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

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EID: 84891997151     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-2723-0     Document Type: Book

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