Title :
Magneto optical measurement of interactions in thin-film media
Author :
Alex, Michael ; Gudeman, Christopher ; Peter, Donald
Author_Institution :
Materials Research Corp., Orangeburg, NY, USA
fDate :
9/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A magnetooptical method for measuring interactions in thin-film recording media has been developed. The technique is nondestructive and yields spatial interaction measurements on full disks that correlate with recording noise. Experimental results show excellent agreement between the magnetooptical method and time-intensive, destructive vibrating sample magnetometry methods
Keywords :
magnetic disc storage; magnetic recording; magnetic thin films; magneto-optical effects; noise; storage media; disks; magnetooptical method; recording media; recording noise; spatial interaction measurements; thin-film media; Demagnetization; Disk recording; Magnetic field measurement; Magnetostatics; Noise measurement; Optical films; Optical recording; Remanence; Saturation magnetization; Time measurement;
Journal_Title :
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on