Broad-band noise spectroscopy of giant magnetoresistive read heads

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2307-2317

  Klaassen, Klaas B ^a   Xing, Xinzhi ^a   Van Peppen, Jack C L ^a  

^a SAN JOSE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ferromagnetic noise; Ferromagnetic resonance; Magnetoresistive (GMR) noise; Read head noise; Thermal electrical noise; Thermal magnetic noise

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; FERROMAGNETIC RESONANCE; GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; SENSORS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; THERMAL NOISE; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

FERROMAGNETIC NOISE; GIANT MAGNETORESISTIVE (GMR) NOISE; NOISE SPECTROSCOPY; READ HEAD NOISE; THERMAL ELECTRICAL NOISE; THERMAL MAGNETIC NOISE;

MAGNETIC HEADS;

EID: 23844526832     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2005.850289     Document Type: Article

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