• DocumentCode
    1531156
  • Title

    Noise in spin-valve sensors

  • Author

    Hill, Ernie W. ; Nor, A.F.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Comput. Sci., Manchester Univ., UK
  • Volume
    37
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    7/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    2031
  • Lastpage
    2033
  • Abstract
    This work presents the results of dynamic simulations of a spin valve sensor. The model used is based on a simple two moment system with random field terms to represent thermal fluctuations. The model predicts the form of the noise output variation with bias field and the effect of applying orthogonal fields to suppress the noise spikes. The origin of the noise lies in the energy degeneracy of the system close to saturation
  • Keywords
    magnetic heads; magnetic noise; magnetic sensors; spin valves; bias field; dynamic simulations; energy degeneracy; noise output variation; noise spike suppression; orthogonal fields; random field terms; saturation; spin-valve sensors; thermal fluctuations; two moment system; Equations; Fluctuations; Magnetic devices; Magnetic noise; Magnetic sensors; Predictive models; Saturation magnetization; Spin valves; Strips; Thin film sensors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9464
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/20.951044
  • Filename
    951044