Stable Encapsulation Structures for Permalloy Films

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 5073-5078

  Tang, D D ^a   Kasiraj, P ^a  

^a IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ANISOTROPY; ANNEALING; ENCAPSULATION; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MAGNETIC HEADS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; PHOTORESISTS; STABILITY; STRESS RELAXATION; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

MICROMAGNETIC PROPERTIES; NEGATIVE MAGNETOSTRICTIVE COEFFICIENT; PERMALLOY FILMS; STABLE ENCAPSULATION STRUCTURES;

MAGNETIC FILMS;

EID: 0028550357     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: 19410069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.334298     Document Type: Article

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