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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
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.
