MAGNETIC FORCE SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPE IMAGING OF OVERWRITTEN DATA

被引:13
作者
GOMEZ, RD [1 ]
ADLY, AA [1 ]
MAYERGOYZ, ID [1 ]
BURKE, ER [1 ]
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[1] LAB PHYS SCI,COLL PK,MD 20740
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10.1109/20.179738
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
The magnetic force scanning tunneling microscopy is briefly discussed and demonstrated to successfully image overwritten data on commercial rigid magnetic disks. In particular, clear images of unerased remnants or the previously stored data are presented. These unerased data are attributed to slight radial deviations in write head tracking due to the intrinsic limitations in the electromechanical positioning of the head.
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页码:3141 / 3143
页数:3
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