Title :
Application of giant magnetoresistive elements in thin film tape heads
Author :
Folkerts, W. ; Kools, J.C.S. ; Rijks, T.G.S.M. ; Coehoorn, R. ; de Nooijer, M.C. ; Somers, G.H.J. ; Ruigrok, J.J.M. ; Postma, L.
Author_Institution :
Philips Res. Lab., Eindhoven, Netherlands
fDate :
11/1/1994 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We studied the applicability of Ni80Fe20/Cu/Ni80Fe20/Fe 50Mn50 GMR multilayers for thin film tape heads. A method involving crossed anisotropies is applied for avoiding noise in the GMR response. We compare and analyse the sensitivities of AMR and GMR heads
Keywords :
Barkhausen effect; copper; giant magnetoresistance; iron alloys; magnetic anisotropy; magnetic heads; magnetic multilayers; magnetic recording noise; magnetoresistive devices; nickel alloys; Barkhausen noise; GMR multilayers; GMR response noise; Ni80Fe20/Cu/Ni80Fe20 /Fe50Mn50; NiFe-Cu-NiFe-FeMn; crossed anisotropies; giant magnetoresistive elements; head sensitivity; thin film tape heads; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Giant magnetoresistance; Magnetic anisotropy; Magnetic domain walls; Magnetic fields; Magnetic heads; Magnetic materials; Magnetic multilayers; Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy; Transistors;
Journal_Title :
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
