Magnetoresistance ratio and resistance area design of CPP-MR film for 25 Tb/in2 read sensors

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2086-2089

  Takagishi, Masayuki ^a   Yamada, Kenichiro ^a   Iwasaki, Hitoshi ^a   Fuke, Hiromi N ^a   Hashimoto, Susumu ^a  

^a TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Areal density; CPP GMR; CPP TMR; Critical density; Spin transfer torque; Thermal magnetic noise

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING; MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

AREAL DENSITIES; CPP-GMR; CPP-TMR; CRITICAL DENSITY; SPIN TRANSFER TORQUE; THERMAL MAGNETIC NOISE;

MAGNETORESISTANCE;

EID: 77952826256     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2010.2045739     Document Type: Article

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