On the Track Profile in Magnetoresistive Heads

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 1453-1464

  Heim, D E ^a  

^a IBM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DEMAGNETIZATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FILMS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SENSORS; VECTORS;

EXCHANGE FILM BIASING; MAGNETORESISTIVE HEADS; TRACK PROFILE;

MAGNETIC HEADS;

EID: 0028465032     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: 19410069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.305546     Document Type: Article

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