IrMn spin-valves for high density recording

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 37, Issue 4 I, 2001, Pages 1745-1748

  Childress, J R ^a   Carey, M J ^a   Wilson, R J ^a   Smith, N ^a   Tsang, C ^a   Ho, M K ^a   Carey, K ^a   MacDonald, S A ^b   Ingall, L M ^b   Gurney, B A ^a  

^a IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b IBM   (United States)

Author keywords

Exchange bias; GMR sensors; IrMn spin valves; Magnetic recording; Magnetoresistance

Indexed keywords

COBALT ALLOYS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MAGNETIC HEADS; MAGNETIC RECORDING; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; NICKEL ALLOYS; SENSORS;

SPIN VALVES;

IRIDIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 0035385956     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.950956     Document Type: Article

References (7)

1. Thermally-assisted decay of pinning in polycrystalline exchange biased systems
2. Process considerations for critical features in high areal density thin film magnetoresistive heads: A review
3. Mechanisms of exchange anisotropy
4. CoFe/IrMn exchange biased top, bottom and dual spin-valves