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An up-to-date and comprehensive review of magnetic storage systems, including particulate and rigid media, magnetic heads, tribology, signal processing spintronics, and other, future systems. A thorough theoretical discussion supplements the experimental and technical aspects. Each section commences with a tutorial paper, which is followed by technical discussions of current research in the area. Written at a level suitable for advanced graduate students.
List of contents
Rigid Media.- Tutorial Overview of Digital Recording Systems.- Particulate Magnetic Recording Media.- Modern Hard Disk Media Issues.- Perpendicular Magnetic Recording.- Perpendicular Recording Media for Ultra-High-Density Magnetic Recording.- Patterned Magnetic Thin Films for Ultra High Density Recording.- Lorentz Imaging of Sub-Micron Patterned Elements.- Self-Assembled Magnetic Nanostructures: Fe(110) Islands on a Mo(110) Surface.- Lorentz Transmission Electron Microscopy Investigation of Magnetically Patterned Co/Pt Multilayers.- Nanoscale Materials for Extremely High Density Recording.- CoPt Nanoparticles for High Density Magnetic Recording Media.- Magneto-Optical.- A Universal Compact Magneto-Optic Faraday Rotator.- New Magneto-Optical Recording Media.- Thermal Stability in Magnetic and Magneto-Optical Recording Media.- Materials Characterization.- Magnetic Measurement Techniques.- Magnetic Method for Anisotropy Axis Distribution Analysis.- The Use of Generalized AM Plots in the Interaction Field Analysis.- Magnetism and Microstructure: Imaging Techniques and Structure-Property Correlations in Information Storage Materials.- In-Situ Observations of Magnetization Reversal Processes of Submicron Square Permalloy Elements Using Lorentz Transmission Electron Microscopy.- In-Situ Observation of Magnetization Reversal Processes of Structured TMR-Elements with Lorentz Transmission Electron Microscopy.- New Techniques for Investigation of Magnetic Structures with In-Plane Applied Magnetic Fields in Lorentz TEM.- Efficient Kerr Microscopy.- A New Concept in Magnetic Force Microscope Cantilevers.- Applications of Tip Calibration in Magnetic Force Microscopy (MFM).- Regime for Spin-Resonant Computers Using Noise Pulses.- Theoretical Modeling.- to Thermal Activation and High Frequency Dynamics.- Computational Micromagnetism of Magnetic Structures and Magnetization Processes in Thin Platelets and Small Particles.- Finite Size Effects in Small Particle Systems.- Micromagnetic Analysis of the Physical Basis of Vector Preisach-Type Models.- Micromagnetic Evaluation of the Interactions in Particulate Systems.- Static and Dynamic Interactions in Fine and Ultrafine Particulate Systems.- Switching/Nanophase Materials.- Synthesis of Passivated Cobalt Nanocrystal Arrays with Controlled Size and Shape.- Magnetization Reversal and Anisotropy in Exchange Coupled Structures.- Magnetic Aerogels.- Glassy Features and Surface Effects in Maghemite Nanoparticle Systems.- Enhancement of Magnetic Properties by Co Substitution in Nd3(Fe1-xCox)275 Ti1.5(x=0,0.1,0.2,0.3,0.4) Intermetallic Compounds.- Magnetic Properties of Iron Oxide Nanocomposites.- Study of Nanostructured Cu-Ferrospinel for Magnetic Storage Media.- High Speed Switching in Recording Media.- Magnetic Heads-Tribology.- A Highly Sensitive Spin-Valve Transistor.- Epitaxial Growth of Iron Nitrides by MBE in the Presence of an Atomic Nitrogen Source.- An Introduction to Magnetic Recording Heads.- The Tribology of Flexible Magnetic Recording Media.- Macro- and Microtribology of Magnetic Rigid Disk Drives.- Surface Analysis of Media/Head Interactions in Information Storage Systems.- Signal Processing.- Modulation and Coding for Digital Magnetic Recording Systems.- Iterative Equalization and Decoding for Magnetic Recording Channels.- Magneto-Transport.- Exchange-Biased Magnetic Tunnel Junctions Prepared by In-Situ Natural Oxidation.- XPS Analysis of Thin Insulating Barriers in Magnetic Tunnel Junctions.- Giant Magnetoresistance of Fe/Cr Superlattices in Wide Frequency Range.- Enhancement of Coercivity Induced by Film Morphology Changes in Co/Cu Multilayers.- Laser Irradiation Effects on Microstructure and Magneto-Transport Properties of PLD Co0.08Ag0.92 Films.- Epitaxy and Magnetism of Fe and FeCo on GaAs (001): Growth, Onset of Ferromagnetism and Magnetic Anisotropies.- Future Memories.- Future of Magnetic Recording Systems.- Hybrid Recording.- High Density Recording Phase-Change Optical Disk Technology.- Beyond Magnetic Storage: Atoms and Molecules.- Author Index.
Summary
An up-to-date and comprehensive review of magnetic storage systems, including particulate and rigid media, magnetic heads, tribology, signal processing spintronics, and other, future systems. A thorough theoretical discussion supplements the experimental and technical aspects. Each section commences with a tutorial paper, which is followed by technical discussions of current research in the area. Written at a level suitable for advanced graduate students.
