Giant magnetoresistance and its application in recording heads

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 60, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 90-97

  Lenssen, Kars Michiel H ^a   Van Kesteren, Hans W ^a   Rijks, Theo G S M ^a,b   Kools, Jacques C S ^a   De Nooijer, Marie Christine ^a   Coehoorn, Reinder ^a   Folkerts, Wiep ^a  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cobalt; Giant magnetoresistance; Recording heads

Indexed keywords

COBALT; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MAGNETIC HEADS; MAGNETIZATION; OPTIMIZATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE; MAGNETIC FIELD SENSORS; MAGNETORESISTIVE MATERIALS; RECORDING HEAD; SPIN VALVE;

MAGNETORESISTANCE;

EID: 0031140987     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-4247(97)01353-8     Document Type: Article

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