Some new horizons in magnetic sensing: High-Tc SQUIDs, GMR and GMI materials

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 271-285

  Mahdi, A E ^a   Panina, L ^b   Mapps, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GMI; GMR; Maenetic sensors; SQUID

Indexed keywords

GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; MICROELECTRONICS; SENSORS; THIN FILMS;

MAGNETIC SENSING;

SQUIDS;

EID: 0043015879     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-4247(03)00106-7     Document Type: Article

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