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Magnetic Recording Basic Writer Head Magnetic Recording Basic Reading process Magnetic Recording Basic SS1 Gap2 Lead HM Gap1 SF MRT Read Gap Length GMR sensor X-section MRH Reader Head Structure Magnetic Recording Basic Reader Head Magnetic Recording Basic Shield Function Unshield read head Shield read head, Not under the transition Shield read head, Under the transition Part III GMR Read Head GMR Read Head GMR Effect Spin Valve Head Top / Bottom SV Structure Synthetic Spin Valves Specular Spin Valves Lead Overlaid Spin Valves Advanced GMR head for 80Gb ~ 100Gb Areal Density GMR Read Head GMR (Giant Magnetoresistance) Effect The giant magneto-resistive (GMR) effect was first discovered in 1988. It’s found very large resistance change (up to 50%) in Fe/Cr multilayers when apply large magnetic fields (50, 000 Oe) and under low temperature (4.2K) GMR Read Head Spin Valve Head In 1991, a three-layer GMR sensor was introduced as magnetic recording reader head, as called as “Spin valves”. Spin valves heads show useful level of DR/R (4 ~ 9%) at room temperature and low applied fields (10 ~ 20 Oe), which make it suitable for disk-based magnetic recording . SV head is composed of four layers: two ferromagnetic (FM) layers, a non-magnetic metal layer to separate the two FM layer and an antiferromagnetic (AFM) layer. The terminology of this structure is: free layer / spacer / pinned layer / pinning layer GMR Read Head Spin Valve Principle When the two ferromagnetic layers have parallel magnetizations, as shown in Figure (A), the electrons can enter the adjacent layer with negligible scattering, as its spin orientation matches with the adjacent layer. In this case the resistance is small. when the two ferromagnetic layers have anti-parallel magnetizations, as shown in Figure (B), the electrons are strong scattered at the interface and also inside of the adjacent layer, as they don’t match in spin orientation which make the electrons difficult to penetrate i