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Read Head Design On the other hand the signal field decays with distance from the recording layer (see Section 3.4) and therefore a higher effective (average) signal field is reached for smaller sensor heights. Thus a compromise must be found. Usual width-to-height ratios are between 1.2 and 1.5. 5.1.2 Hard Bias To align the magnetization of the free layer hard magnets are used (see Figure 2.4). Usually the GMR element is placed between two hard magnets, whose static magnetic field effects the perpendicular alignment in respect to the pinned layer. The permanent magnetic fields also influence the magnetization of the pinned layer. Therefore the biasing field for the pinned layer has to overcome the hard bias field. 5.1.3 Exchange Bias Exchange bias is based on the exchange anisotropy, which was discovered by Meiklejohn and Bean 50 years ago [32]. They investigated small Co particles coated with its antiferromagnetic oxide CoO. A field cooling process, i.e. heating up above the Néel temperature and cooling under applying a magnetic field, leads to a shift of the hysteresis loop, which is shown in Figure 5.1. The exchange bias effect can be characterized by the displacement of the hysteresis loop, denoted by H ex . Figure 5.1: The shift of the hysteresis loop after a field cooling treatment of a ferromagnetic/antiferromagnetic system [19] and the temperature dependence of the exchange bias field for NiFe(4-8nm)/Cu(2.2nm)/CoFe(2nm)/IrMn(15nm) spin valves with different free layer thicknesses [33]. 60
Read Head Design The exchange bias field depends on the thicknesses of the antiferromagnet and the ferromagnetic layer. If the antiferromagnet is thicker than the ferromagnetic layer the exchange bias field decreases with the thickness of the ferromagnet t p like H J 1 t p − [34]. ex ex = . (5.3) µ 0 Ms, ptp Here J ex is the exchange bias interaction parameter [J/m 2 ]. This kind of dependence leads to the conclusion, that the exchange anisotropy is an interface effect. The maximum exchange bias field, which can be achieved for usual layer thicknesses, is about 0.05 T [20]. The exchange bias field decreases linearly with temperature [33]. Figure 5.1 shows the temperature dependence of the exchange bias field for NiFe(4-8nm)/Cu(2.2nm)/CoFe(2nm)/ IrMn(15nm) spin valves with different free layer thicknesses. The exchange bias effect is used to align the magnetization of the pinned layer perpendicular to the recording layer. The advantage of this bias scheme is that the free layer is not influenced by the antiferromagnet. Unfortunately the stray field of the pinned layer causes an unwanted torsion of the free layer’s magnetization, which leads to a displacement of the equilibrium state towards the antiparallel state. The result is an asymmetric sensor curve. 5.1.4 Synthetic Antiferromagnet To reduce the asymmetry of the transfer curve of the spin valve, a stronger exchange bias is required. The limitation of the exchange bias field leads to an alternative spin valve design [35]. Instead of the direct coupling of the antiferromagnet with the pinned layer, an additional ferromagnetic layer is introduced which is separated by a very thin (0.7-0.9 nm) nonmagnetic layer (mostly Ru) as shown in Figure 5.2. This layer structure is also called a synthetic antiferromagnet, because the pinned layer is antiferromagnetically coupled with the additional ferromagnetic layer by interlayer exchange coupling (IEC). 61
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DIPLOMARBEIT Read Back Signals in M
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Abstract This thesis concentrates o
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Contents 3.2.4 Signal of Written Bi
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Introduction 1 IntroductionEquation
Page 9 and 10: Introduction In 1955, before the RA
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