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Publication
IEEE Transactions on Magnetics
Paper
An Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Medium Thickness and Flying Height on the Read Back Signal
Abstract
An experiment investigation has been conducted into the dependence of the read signal on flying height and medium thickness, employing a technique that permits the study of the effect of flying height and medium thickness on the same disk using the same slider. For the range of flying height (50-250 μin) and medium thickness (0–70 µin) investigated, excellent agreement with theoretical predictions is seen to exist for the maximum signal amplitude and half-pulsewidth of isolated pulses. It is further seen that the 6-dB packing density, calculated from half-pulsewidth measurements of isolated pulses, agrees well with experimental results. Copyright © 1973 by The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.