Film optimization of laminated antiferromagnetically coupled media

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 3548-3550

  Tang, Kai ^a   Tsang, Ching ^a   Mirzamaani, Mohammad ^a   Doerner, Mary ^a   Polcyn, Adam ^a   Bian, Xiaoping ^a   Margulies, David ^a   Fullerton, Eric E ^a   Tang, Li ^a   Supper, Natacha ^a   Mercado, Mark ^a  

^a SAN JOSE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiferromagnetically coupled media; Head field; Laminated; Longitudinal media; Magnetic anisotropy

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; LAMINATING; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTIMIZATION; SWITCHING; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

ANTIFERROMAGNETICALLY COUPLED MEDIA; HEAD FIELD; LAMINATED; LONGITUDINAL MEDIA;

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 9644260379     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2004.828997     Document Type: Article

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