• DocumentCode
    3536188
  • Title

    Narrow track width CPP spin-valve GMR heads utilizing half-metallicity materials

  • Author

    Saito, M. ; Hasegawa, N. ; Ide, Y. ; Yamashita, T. ; Hayakawa, Y. ; Nishiyama, Y. ; Ishizone, M. ; Yanagi, S. ; Honda, K. ; Ishibashi, N. ; Aoki, D. ; Kawanami, H. ; Nishimura, K. ; Takahashi, A. ; Takahashi, Asami

  • Author_Institution
    Magnetic Devices Div., ALPS Electr. Co. Ltd., Niigata, Japan
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    4-8 April 2005
  • Firstpage
    1217
  • Lastpage
    1218
  • Abstract
    Current-perpendicular-to-plane (CPP) spin-valve GMR heads using full Heusler alloys were fabricated and the potentiality of the full Heusler alloys for application estimated.
  • Keywords
    alloys; giant magnetoresistance; magnetic heads; spin valves; Heusler alloys; half-metallicity materials; narrow track width CPP spin-valve GMR heads; narrow track width current-perpendicular-to-plane spin-valve GMR heads; Electrical resistance measurement; Giant magnetoresistance; Insulation life; Magnetic devices; Magnetic heads; Magnetic materials; Polarization; Signal to noise ratio; Testing; Tunneling magnetoresistance;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Magnetics Conference, 2005. INTERMAG Asia 2005. Digests of the IEEE International
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-9009-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/INTMAG.2005.1464038
  • Filename
    1464038