Surface and interface effects in the growth of giant magnetoresistance spin valves for ultrahigh-density data-storage applications
✍ Scribed by W.F. Egelhoff Jr.; P.J. Chen; C.J. Powell; R.D. McMichael; M.D. Stiles
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 227 KB
- Volume
- 67
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0079-6816
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✦ Synopsis
The current generation of hard-disk drives use giant magnetoresistance (GMR) spin valves as the read-head because the GMR eect is currently the most sensitive way to detect magnetic ®elds at submicron length scales and data rates of 10 8 Hz. At present, hard-disk capacities are doubling approximately every year. To maintain this growth rate, GMR values will have to double approximately every two years. To achieve such GMR values, major progress will have to be made in controlling surface and interface eects in the growth of GMR spin valves. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.