Track Width Study of E-Beam Defined GMR Read Heads on Longitudinal and Perpendicular Media

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 40, Issue 1 II, 2004, Pages 295-300

  Tsang, C ^a   MacDonald, S ^a   Samadi, G ^b   Katine, J ^a   Cyrille, M ^a   Driskill Smith, A ^b   Ho, M ^a   Moore, J ^a   Weresin, W ^a   Arnett, P ^a   Marinero, E ^a   Druist, D ^b   Pinarbasi, M ^b   Polcyn, A ^b   Takano, K ^a   Ikeda, Y ^a   Do, H ^a   Best, M ^a   Moser, A ^a  

^a HITACHI AMERICA LTD   (United States)

^b SAN JOSE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Longitudinal recording; Perpendicular recording; Spin valves; Test and characterization

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; ELECTRON BEAMS; MAGNETIC HEADS; MAGNETIC RECORDING; MAGNETIZATION; REMANENCE; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

LONGITUDINAL RECORDING; PERPENDICULAR RECORDING; SPIN VALVES; TEST AND CHARACTERIZATION;

GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE;

EID: 10744222340     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2003.821171     Document Type: Article

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