An experimental technique has been developed for studying the write bubble
created by the thin film recording heads. From the measurements of the writ
e bubble size, we can estimate the write field magnitude and the write fiel
d gradient at the write bubble boundaries. Using the same experimental setu
p, we can also study the write field high frequency characteristics. (C) 19
99 American Institute of Physics. [S0021-8979(99)38608-4].