T.W. McDaniel

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

T.W. McDaniel is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, T.W. McDaniel has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 17 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 13 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in T.W. McDaniel's work include Magnetic properties of thin films (14 papers), Phase-change materials and chalcogenides (13 papers) and Magneto-Optical Properties and Applications (9 papers). T.W. McDaniel is often cited by papers focused on Magnetic properties of thin films (14 papers), Phase-change materials and chalcogenides (13 papers) and Magneto-Optical Properties and Applications (9 papers). T.W. McDaniel collaborates with scholars based in United States. T.W. McDaniel's co-authors include William A. Challener, R. Rottmayer, M. Fatih Erden, M.H. Kryder, Edward C. Gage, Yiao-Tee Hsia, Ganping Ju, Kürşat Şendur, Michael Madison and Kalman Pelhos and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Applied Physics, Proceedings of the IEEE and Communications of the ACM.

In The Last Decade

T.W. McDaniel

25 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Heat Assisted Magnetic Re... 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 250 500 750
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording
    2008 819 citations T.W. McDaniel, William A. Challener et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
T.W. McDaniel 764 367 310 303 279 27 1.2k
K. R. Mountfield 551 0.7× 224 0.6× 265 0.9× 139 0.5× 208 0.7× 48 824
N. J. Gökemeijer 859 1.1× 402 1.1× 509 1.6× 151 0.5× 265 0.9× 21 1.2k
D. Speliotis 877 1.1× 158 0.4× 688 2.2× 196 0.6× 265 0.9× 102 1.3k
Mike Seigler 624 0.8× 223 0.6× 236 0.8× 211 0.7× 148 0.5× 29 781
Pu-Ling Lu 692 0.9× 162 0.4× 334 1.1× 173 0.6× 127 0.5× 18 823
R. Rottmayer 1.3k 1.7× 717 2.0× 621 2.0× 441 1.5× 478 1.7× 28 2.1k
Y. Sonobe 980 1.3× 205 0.6× 561 1.8× 152 0.5× 227 0.8× 78 1.3k
S. E. Lambert 1.1k 1.5× 408 1.1× 671 2.2× 281 0.9× 239 0.9× 61 1.7k
P. Arnett 637 0.8× 149 0.4× 189 0.6× 110 0.4× 764 2.7× 43 1.2k
Yukiko Kubota 526 0.7× 156 0.4× 289 0.9× 127 0.4× 94 0.3× 29 668

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of T.W. McDaniel

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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McDaniel, T.W.. (2004). Ultimate Limits to Thermally Assisted Magnetic Recording. APS March Meeting Abstracts. 2004. 1 indexed citations
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Challener, William A., T.W. McDaniel, Christophe Mihalcea, et al.. (2003). Light Delivery Techniques for Heat-Assisted Magnetic Recording. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. 42(Part 1, No. 2B). 981–988. 57 indexed citations
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Rausch, Tim, James A. Bain, Daniel D. Stancil, et al.. (2003). Experimental Effects of Laser Power on the Writability and Pulse Width in a Heat Assisted Longitudinal Recording System. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. 42(Part 1, No. 2B). 989–994. 5 indexed citations
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McDaniel, T.W., William A. Challener, & Kürşat Şendur. (2003). Issues in heat-assisted perpendicular recording. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. 39(4). 1972–1979. 52 indexed citations
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Alex, Michael, Thierry Valet, T.W. McDaniel, & C. F. Brucker. (2001). Optically-Assisted Magnetic Recording.. Journal of the Magnetics Society of Japan. 25(3−2). 328–333. 7 indexed citations
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McDaniel, T.W.. (2000). Magneto-optical data storage. Communications of the ACM. 43(11). 56–63. 3 indexed citations
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Rubin, K., H. Rosen, T.W. McDaniel, & Wade C. Tang. (1996). Volumetric Magneto-Optic Storage on Multiple Recording Surfaces. OMB.1–OMB.1. 1 indexed citations
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McDaniel, T.W. & P. Arnett. (1996). Optical data storage media. IBM Journal of Research and Development. 40(3). 311–330. 5 indexed citations
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McDaniel, T.W., et al.. (1994). Optimum design of optical storage media for drive compatibility. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. 30(6). 4413–4415. 1 indexed citations
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McDaniel, T.W., Federico Sequeda, William A. McGahan, & John A. Woollam. (1991). OPTICAL AND MAGNETO-OPTICAL PERFORMANCE OF OPTIMIZED DISK STRUCTURES. Journal of the Magnetics Society of Japan. 15(S_1_MORIS_91). S1_361–364. 2 indexed citations
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McDaniel, T.W., et al.. (1991). MO media noise studies by readout beam scanning. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. 27(6). 5118–5120. 4 indexed citations
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McDaniel, T.W., et al.. (1990). Domain edge formation and jitter characteristics in thermomagnetic recording with magnetic field modulation. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. 26(5). 1903–1905.
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McDaniel, T.W., et al.. (1990). <title>Read stability in magneto-optical storage</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 1316. 106–116. 2 indexed citations
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Madison, Michael, et al.. (1990). Optimum laser power and pulse length for recording of magneto-optical media. Journal of Applied Physics. 67(9). 5325–5327. 1 indexed citations
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McDaniel, T.W. & Michael Madison. (1990). Writing temperature estimation in thermomagnetic recording. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. 26(5). 2834–2836. 1 indexed citations
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Madison, Michael & T.W. McDaniel. (1989). Temperature distributions produced in an N-layer film structure by static or scanning laser or electron beam with application to magneto-optical media. Journal of Applied Physics. 66(12). 5738–5748. 42 indexed citations
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Madison, Michael, T.W. McDaniel, & James Nelson. (1989). Thermal mark characterization on static magneto-optical media. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. 25(5). 4045–4047. 5 indexed citations
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McDaniel, T.W., et al.. (1988). Spot and mark-size characterization in magneto-optic recording. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. 24(6). 2323–2325. 4 indexed citations
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McDaniel, T.W., et al.. (1988). Design and characterization of a quadrilayer magneto-optic disk. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. 24(6). 2467–2469. 10 indexed citations
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Foiles, C. L. & T.W. McDaniel. (1974). Dipole approximation for vibrating sample magnetometers. Review of Scientific Instruments. 45(6). 756–758. 10 indexed citations

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