Zigzag-shaped magnetic sensors

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 6022-6024

  Da Silva, F C S ^a   Uhlig, W C ^a   Kos, A B ^a   Schima, S ^a   Aumentado, J ^a   Unguris, J ^a   Pappas, D P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETORESISTANCE; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THIN FILMS;

LORENTZ MICROSCOPY; MAGNETIC STRUCTURES; MICROMAGNETIC SIMULATIONS; THIN-FILM ELEMENTS;

SENSORS;

EID: 20644436255     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1834732     Document Type: Article

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