Abstract
Patterned polycrystalline cobalt islands with different sizes and shapes have been simulated by a micromagnetic simulator. An elliptic shape is found to be preferred for patterned islands to form a uniform single domain demagnetised state and have sharper squareness compared with square islands. Therefore, in a single-bit-per-island recording system, the elliptic islands could lead to a stable state and a predictable overwrite process and act independently even in a closely packed arrays.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3508-3510 |
| Journal | IEEE Transactions on Magnetics |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue number | 5 |
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| Publication status | Published - Sept 1999 |