Analysis of random telegraph noise in spin valve heads with ultra-thin free layers

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 37, Issue 4 I, 2001, Pages 1678-1680

  Zhang, J ^a   Zhu, N ^a   Huai, Y ^a   Prabhakar, A ^a   Rana, P ^a   Seagle, D ^a   Lederman, M ^a  

^a WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Lifetime; Random telegraph noise; Spin valve heads; Thermally activated domain instability

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MAGNETIC RECORDING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TELEGRAPH INTERFERENCE; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

RANDOM TELEGRAPH NOISE (RTN); SPIN VALVE HEADS; ULTRA-THIN FREE LAYERS;

MAGNETIC HEADS;

EID: 0035386340     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.950935     Document Type: Article

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