Nonmagnetic semiconductors as read-head sensors for ultra-high-density magnetic recording

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 80, Issue 21, 2002, Pages 4012-4014

  Solin, S A ^a   Hines, D R ^a   Rowe, A C H ^a   Tsai, J S ^b   Pashkin, Yu A ^b   Chung, S J ^c   Goel, N ^c   Santos, M B ^c  

^a NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA   (United States)

^b NEC CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AREAL DENSITIES; CONVENTIONAL SENSORS; CURRENT SENSITIVITY; MAGNETIC NOISE; MAGNETORESISTIVE; MESOSCOPICS; NON-MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS; NONMAGNETICS; QUANTUM WELL;

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; INDIUM ANTIMONIDES;

SENSORS;

EID: 79956025789     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1481238     Document Type: Article

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