CGC perpendicular recording media with CoCrPt-SiO2 alloy as granular layer

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2351-2353

  Sonobe, Y ^a   Tham, K K ^a   Wu, L ^a   Umezawa, T ^a   Takasu, C ^a   Dumaya, J A H ^a   Onoue, T ^a   Leo, P ^a   Liau, M ^a  

^a HOYA Magnetics Singapore   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Continuous layer; exchange coupling; granular layer; perpendicular coupled granular continuous (CGC) media; signal to noise ratio; thermal stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008033361     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: 19410069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2006.879431     Document Type: Article

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