Thermal property measurement of thin aluminum oxide layers for giant magnetoresistive (GMR) head applications

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2023-2031

  Behkam, Bahareh ^a   Yang, Yizhang ^a   Asheghi, Mehdi ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum oxide; Boundary resistance; GMR; Self heating

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTROSTATICS; MAGNETIC DISK STORAGE; MAGNETIC HEADS; MAGNETIC RECORDING; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; TRANSDUCERS;

ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE (ESD); MAGNETIC RECORDING STORAGE INDUSTRY; THERMAL PROPERTY MEASUREMENTS; THERMOMETRY;

GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE;

ALUMINUM OXIDE;

EID: 17044419614     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2004.12.010     Document Type: Article

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