Magnetic Storage Systems Beyond 2000

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Tutorial Overview of Digital Recording Systems....Pages 1-23
Particulate Magnetic Recording Media....Pages 25-53
Modern Hard Disk Media Issues....Pages 55-74
Perpendicular Magnetic Recording....Pages 75-102
Perpendicular Recording Media for Ultra-High-Density Magnetic Recording....Pages 103-116
Patterned Magnetic Thin Films for Ultra High Density Recording....Pages 117-143
Lorentz Imaging of Sub-Micron Patterned Elements....Pages 145-152
Self-Assembled Magnetic Nanostructures: Fe(110) Islands on a Mo(110) Surface....Pages 153-156
Lorentz Transmission Electron Microscopy Investigation of Magnetically Patterned Co/Pt Multilayers....Pages 157-161
Nanoscale Materials for Extremely High-Density Recording....Pages 163-170
CoPt Nanoparticles for High Density Magnetic Recording Media....Pages 171-176
A Universal Compact Magneto-Optic Faraday Rotator....Pages 177-180
New Magneto-Optical Recording Media....Pages 181-200
Thermal Stability in Magnetic and Magneto-Optical Recording Media....Pages 201-223
Magnetic Measurement Techniques....Pages 225-242
Magnetic Method for Anisotropy Axis Distribution Analysis....Pages 243-246
The Use of Generalized ΔM Plots in the Interaction Field Analysis....Pages 247-250
Magnetism and Microstructure: Imaging Techniques and Structure-Property Correlations in Information Storage Materials....Pages 251-270
In-situ Observations of Magnetization Reversal Processes of Submicron Square Permalloy Elements Using Lorentz Transmission Electron Microscopy....Pages 271-275
In-situ Observation of Magnetization Reversal Processes of Structured Tmr-Elements With Lorentz Transmission Electron Microscopy....Pages 277-280
New Techniques For Investigation of Magnetic Structures With in-Plane Applied Magnetic Fields in Lorentz Tem....Pages 281-285
Efficient Kerr Microscopy....Pages 287-305
A New Concept in Magnetic Force Microscope Cantilevers....Pages 307-312
Applications of Tip Calibration in Magnetic Force Microscopy (MFM)....Pages 313-316
Regime For Spin-Resonant Computers Using Noise Pulses....Pages 317-320
Introduction to Thermal Activation and High Frequency Dynamics....Pages 321-344
Computational Micromagnetism of Magnetic Structures and Magnetization Processes in Thin Platelets and Small Particles....Pages 345-362
Finite Size Effects in Small Particle Systems....Pages 363-367
Micromagnetic Analysis of The Physical Basis of Vector Preisach-Type Models....Pages 369-372
Micromagnetic Evaluation of The Interactions in Particulate Systems....Pages 373-376
Static and Dynamic Interactions in Fine and Ultrafine Particulate Systems....Pages 377-380
Synthesis of Passivated Cobalt Nanocrystal Arrays With Controlled Size and Shape....Pages 381-384
Magnetization Reversal and Anisotropy in Exchange Coupled Structures....Pages 385-390
Magnetic Aerogels....Pages 391-396
Glassy Features and Surface Effects in Maghemite Nanoparticle Systems....Pages 397-403
Enhancement of Magnetic Properties By Co Substitution in Nd 3 (Fei 1-x Co x ) 27.5 Ti 1.5 ( x = 0,0.1,0.2,0.3,0.4) Intermetallic Compounds....Pages 405-409
Magnetic Properties of Iron Oxide Nanocomposites....Pages 411-419
Study of Nanostructured Cu-Ferrospinel For Magnetic Storage Media....Pages 419-424
High Speed Switching in Recording Media....Pages 425-439
A Highly Sensitive Spin-Valve Transistor....Pages 441-444
Epitaxial Growth of Iron Nitrides By MBE in The Presence of an Atomic Nitrogen Source....Pages 445-448
An Introduction to Magnetic Recording Heads....Pages 449-466
The Tribology of Flexible Magnetic Recording Media....Pages 467-486
Macro- and Microtribology of Magnetic Rigid Disk Drives....Pages 487-495
Surface Analysis of Media/Head Interactions in Information Storage Systems....Pages 497-504
Modulation and Coding For Digital Magnetic Recording Systems....Pages 505-517
Iterative Equalization and Decoding For Magnetic Recording Channels....Pages 519-531
Exchange-Biased Magnetic Tunnel Junctions Prepared By In-situ Natural Oxidation....Pages 531-537
XPS Analysis of Thin Insulating Barriers in Magnetic Tunnel Junctions....Pages 537-540
Giant Magnetoresistance of Fe/Cr Superlattices in Wide Frequency Range....Pages 541-544
Enhancement of Coercivity Induced By Film Morphology Changes in Co/Cu Multilayers.....Pages 545-549
Laser Irradiation Effects on Microstructure and Magneto-Transport Properties of PLD Co 0.08 -Ag 0.92 Films.....Pages 551-554
Epitaxy and Magnetism of Fe and FeCo on Gaas(001):....Pages 555-559
Future of Magnetic Recording Systems....Pages 559-570
Hybrid Recording....Pages 571-583
High Density Recording Phase-change Optical Disk Technology....Pages 585-598
Beyond Magnetic Storage: Atoms and Molecules....Pages 599-605
Erratum to: Magnetic Aerogels....Pages 614-614
Back Matter....Pages 607-613