Small track width MR sensors stabilized with NiMn

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 33, Issue 5 PART 1, 1997, Pages 2881-2883

  Devasahayam, Adrian J ^a   Mountfield, Keith R ^a   Kryder, Mark H ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; HIGH TEMPERATURE OPERATIONS; MAGNETORESISTANCE; NICKEL ALLOYS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

MAGNETORESISTIVE SENSORS;

MAGNETIC HEADS;

EID: 0031224001     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.617785     Document Type: Article

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