Application of Giant Magnetoresistive Elements in Thin Film Tape Heads

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 3813-3815

  Folkerts, W ^a   Kools, J C S ^a   Rijks, Th G S M ^a   Coehoom, R ^a   de Nooijer, M C d ^a   Somers, O H J ^a   Ruigrok, J J M ^a   Postma, L ^a  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC HEADS; MAGNETIC HYSTERESIS; MAGNETIC TAPE STORAGE; MAGNETIZATION; METALLIC SUPERLATTICES; THIN FILM DEVICES;

BARKHAUSEN NOISE; GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE EFFECT; GIANT MAGNETORESISTIVE ELEMENTS; MULTILAYERS; THIN FILM TAPE HEADS;

MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0028549239     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: 19410069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.333911     Document Type: Article

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