Biasing materials for Spin-valve read heads

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 35, Issue 2 PART 1, 1999, Pages 649-654

  Devasahayam, Adrian J ^a,b   Kryder, Mark H ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC   (United States)

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EID: 0000666770     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.750622     Document Type: Article

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