Thermal and magnetic stability of unidirectional anisotropy in spin-valve magnetoresistive heads

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 34, Issue 4 PART 1, 1998, Pages 1429-1431

  Ohshima, Norikazu ^a   Nakada, Masafumi ^a   Tsukamoto, Yuji ^a  

^a NEC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Exchange coupled films; Magnetic torque; Stability; Unidirectional anisotropy

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; IRON ALLOYS; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FILMS; MAGNETORESISTANCE; NICKEL ALLOYS; OXIDES; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; TORQUE MEASUREMENT;

MAGNETIC STABILITY; NICKEL OXIDE;

MAGNETIC HEADS;

EID: 0032117431     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.706571     Document Type: Article

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