Abstract
The discovery of the giant magnetoresistance (GMR) effect in metal multilayers make a strong impact on scientific researchs and also the applied sciences, especially on the development of computer memory technologies. The former is to research the origin of this extraordinary large MR effect in artificial materials, such as, metal multilayers. The latter is the possibility of achieving high-density memory in hard disk drives (HDD) of computer peripherals. At present the introduction of GMR read heads in the HDD opens the door to the “Gb/in2 memory era” and allows aerial recording densities (ARD) of up to 100 Gb/in2.
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Hirota, E., Sakakima, H., Inomata, K. (2002). Introduction. In: Giant Magneto-Resistance Devices. Springer Series in Surface Sciences, vol 40. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04777-4_1
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