Thermal and spin-torque noise in CPP (TMR and/or GMR) read sensors

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 114-119

  Smith, Neil ^a   Katine, J A ^a   Childress, Jeffrey R ^a   Carey, Matthew J ^a  

^a SAN JOSE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Current perpendicular to plane; Giant magnetoresistanee; Read head; Spin torque

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TUNNELING; GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE; MAGNETIZATION; METAL SPINNING; READOUT SYSTEMS; THERMOANALYSIS; TORQUE;

CURRENT-PERPENDICULAR-TO-PLANE; READ HEAD; SPIN-TORQUE; TMR;

SENSORS;

EID: 31344467264     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2005.861783     Document Type: Article

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