Title :
Thickness and oxidation dependence of magnetic properties of ultra-thin obliquely evaporated Co-CoO media
Author :
Motohashi, K. ; Onodera, S.
Author_Institution :
Recording Media Co., Sony Corp., Miyagi, Japan
fDate :
March 30 2003-April 3 2003
Abstract :
In this paper magnetic properties of thickness and oxidation dependence of Co-CoO media particularly targeted for the application to GMR heads are reported. Furthermore, the effect of SiO/sub 2/ underlayer was also investigated for the enhancement of magnetic properties.
Keywords :
cobalt; cobalt compounds; ferromagnetic materials; giant magnetoresistance; magnetic heads; magnetic thin films; magnetisation; oxidation; CoCoO; GMR heads; SiO/sub 2/; SiO/sub 2/ underlayer; magnetic properties; oxidation; ultrathin evaporated Co-CoO media; Coercive force; Magnetic flux; Magnetic heads; Magnetic properties; Magnetic recording; Magnetic separation; Magnetostatics; Oxidation; Saturation magnetization; Thermal stability;
Conference_Titel :
Magnetics Conference, 2003. INTERMAG 2003. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7647-1
DOI :
10.1109/INTMAG.2003.1230499
