Size and Self-Field Effects in Giant Magnetoresistive ThinFilm Devices

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 3825-3827

  Parker, M R ^b   Russek, S E ^a   Sanders, S C ^a   Barnard, J A ^a   Hossain, S A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FILMS; MAGNETIC HEADS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ANTIPARALLEL ALIGNMENT; GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE MEASUREMENT; GIANT MAGNETORESISTIVE THIN FILM DEVICES; MAGNETOSTATIC COUPLING; SIZE EFFECT MEASUREMENT;

MAGNETIC THIN FILM DEVICES;

EID: 0028549698     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: 19410069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.333915     Document Type: Article

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