Spin valves using insulating cobalt ferrite exchange-spring pinning layers

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1044-1046

  Carey, M J ^a   Maat, S ^a   Rice, P ^a   Farrow, R F C ^a   Marks, R F ^a   Kellock, A ^a   Nguyen, P ^a   Gurney, B A ^a  

^a IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT FERRITES; FREE LAYERS; PINNING FIELD; PINNING LAYERS; REACTIVE SPUTTERING PROCESS; READ SENSOR; SOFT PROPERTY; SPIN VALVE;

FERRITE;

COBALT;

EID: 79956041581     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1494859     Document Type: Article

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