Effect of magnetic recording layer thickness on media performance in CoCrPt-Oxide perpendicular media

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2330-2332

  Jung, H S ^b   Kuo, M ^b   Velu, E M T ^b   Malhotra, S S ^b   Jiang, W ^b   Bertero, G ^b  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Granular double layered media; magnetic recording (PMR); magnetic recording layer thickness; media writability; microstructure; perpendicular

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008016605     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: 19410069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2006.878697     Document Type: Article

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