Spin-valve heads with self-stabilized free layer by antiferromagnet

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 38, Issue 1 I, 2002, Pages 26-31

  Mao, Sining ^b   Gao, Zheng ^b   Xi, Haiwen ^c   Kolbo, Paul ^b   Plumer, Martin ^b   Wang, Lei ^b   Goyal, Anuja ^b   Jin, Insik ^b   Chen, Jian ^a,b   Hou, Chunhong ^b   White, R M ^a,c   Murdock, Ed ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiferromagnet; Areal density; Micromagnetic modeling; Spin stand test; Spin valve heads; Stabilization

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAGNETIC COUPLINGS; PERMANENT MAGNETS; SENSORS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

MICROMAGNETICS; SPIN-VALVE HEADS;

MAGNETIC HEADS;

EID: 18344384949     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2002.988906     Document Type: Article

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