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Read Back Signals in Magnetic Recording - Research Group Fidler

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6.2.5 Signal of a Perfect Transition<br />

FEM Simulations<br />

To calculate the signal of a perfect transition a track width of 120 nm, a data layer thickness<br />

of 12 nm, and a spontaneous polarization of J s = 0.44 T was assumed. The read back signal<br />

was <strong>in</strong>vestigated for both k<strong>in</strong>d of transitions ( →← and ←→).<br />

Figure 6.9 and Figure 6.10 show the read back signal of the read head with and without<br />

shields for the different k<strong>in</strong>d of transitions. The head velocity was 20 m/s. For this calculation<br />

the Gilbert damp<strong>in</strong>g constant was 0.3 and 1.0 for the GMR sensor and the shield respectively.<br />

The signal peaks for the full read head simulation (with shields) are more localized compared<br />

to the simulation without shields. The asymmetric transfer curve leads to a large difference <strong>in</strong><br />

amplitude height for both cases. Aga<strong>in</strong> the output voltage is shifted up for the read back signal<br />

with shields due to mirror currents, as we have already seen <strong>in</strong> Figure 6.7.<br />

Output Voltage [V]<br />

0.1070<br />

0.1065<br />

0.1060<br />

0.1055<br />

0.1050<br />

0.1045<br />

0.1040<br />

-300 -200 -100 0 100 200 300<br />

x [nm]<br />

ΔR/R [%]<br />

0.2<br />

0.0<br />

-0.2<br />

-0.4<br />

-0.6<br />

-0.8<br />

-1.0<br />

-1.2<br />

-1.4<br />

-1.6<br />

-300 -200 -100 0 100 200 300<br />

without shields<br />

with shields<br />

x [nm]<br />

Figure 6.9: The read back signal and the relative change <strong>in</strong> resistance for a perfect →←<br />

transition.<br />

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