Readout Performance of Confined-Current-Path Current-Perpendicular-to-Plane Heads

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 40, Issue 1 II, 2004, Pages 203-206

  Tanaka, Atsushi ^a   Seyama, Yoshihiko ^a   Jogo, Arata ^a   Oshima, Hirotaka ^a   Kondo, Reiko ^a   Kishi, Hitoshi ^a   Kamata, Chikayoshi ^a   Shimizu, Yutaka ^a   Eguchi, Shin ^a   Satoh, Kazuaki ^a  

^a FUJITSU LABORATORIES LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Confined current path; Current perpendicular to plane (CPP); Giant magnetoresistive head; Oxide layer

Indexed keywords

COERCIVE FORCE; CURRENT DENSITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FILMS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MAGNETIC RECORDING; MAGNETIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERFORMANCE; PERMANENT MAGNETS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SENSORS;

CONFINED CURRENT PATH; CURRENT PERPENDICULAR TO PLANE (CPP); GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE HEAD; OXIDE LAYERS;

MAGNETIC HEADS;

EID: 10744221741     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2003.821199     Document Type: Article

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