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Publication
IEEE Transactions on Magnetics
Paper
Nonlinear superposition in saturation recording of disk media
Abstract
The magnetic readback signal is generally assumed to be made up of linearly superposed single transition responses. As the transition spacing is reduced, this property is seen not to hold. With particulate disks, we find the head signal can be reconstructed as a linear superposition of variably spaced individual transitions, while with cobalt alloy film disks, both the spacing and the amplitude of individual transitions vary as a function of the data. This behavior is interpreted by a self consistent 2D recording model. linear superposition improves dramatically with low Mrt disk media. © 1987 IEEE