Laser-heating-induced damage to ultrathin carbon overcoat in heat-assisted magnetic recording

Tribology Letters

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 303-310

  Ma, Y S ^a   Man, Y J ^a   Shakerzadeh, M ^a   Seet, H L ^a   Ji, R ^a   Zheng, R Y ^a   Chung, H J ^a   Chen, X Y ^a   Hu, J F ^a   Yamamoto, T ^b   Hempstead, R ^b  

^a DATA STORAGE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b Western Digital Media   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Carbon overcoat; Hard disk drive; Heat assisted magnetic recording; Laser irradiation

Indexed keywords

CARBON OVERCOAT; HARD DISK DRIVE; HEAT ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING; HEATING TEMPERATURES; STORAGE DENSITIES; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC LIMIT; TOPOGRAPHICAL CHANGES; VISIBLE RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; LASER BEAM EFFECTS;

HARD DISK STORAGE;

EID: 84892905787     PISSN: 10238883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11249-013-0268-x     Document Type: Article

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