Spin valve heads with a corrosion resistant mnrh exchange layer

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 34, Issue 4 PART 2, 1998, Pages 2343-2347

  Veloso, Anabela ^b,c   Freitas, Paulo P ^a,b,c   Oliveira, Nuno J ^b,c   Fernandas, João ^c   Ferreira, Mario ^c  

^a IEEE   (Portugal)

^b INESC   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Corrosion resistance; Exchange layers; Magnetic recording reading heads; Magnetoresistive materials and devices; Spin valve heads

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; CORROSION RESISTANCE; MAGNETIC FILMS; MAGNETIC RECORDING; MAGNETORESISTANCE; MANGANESE ALLOYS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

EXCHANGE COUPLING STRENGTH; SPIN VALVE HEADS;

MAGNETIC HEADS;

EID: 0032119825     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.703876     Document Type: Article

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