Abstract:
A Lorentz Magnetoresistive sensor having an ultrathin trapping layer disposed between a quantum well structure and a surface of the sensor. The trapping layer prevents charge carriers from the surface of the sensor from affecting the quantum well structure. This allows the quantum well structure to be formed much closer to the surface of the sensor, and therefore, much closer to the magnetic field source, greatly improving sensor performance. A Lorentz Magnetoresistive sensor having a top gate electrode to hinder surface charge carriers diffusing into the quantum well, said top gate electrode being either a highly conductive ultrathin patterned metal layer or a patterned monoatomic layer of graphene.
Abstract:
A Lorentz Magnetoresistive sensor having an ultrathin trapping layer disposed between a quantum well structure and a surface of the sensor. The trapping layer prevents charge carriers from the surface of the sensor from affecting the quantum well structure. This allows the quantum well structure to be formed much closer to the surface of the sensor, and therefore, much closer to the magnetic field source, greatly improving sensor performance. A Lorentz Magnetoresistive sensor having a top gate electrode to hinder surface charge carriers diffusing into the quantum well, said top gate electrode being either a highly conductive ultrathin patterned metal layer or a patterned monoatomic layer of graphene.
Abstract:
A semiconductor structure is disclosed in which two regions of semiconductor material positioned adjacent to each other have different electron mobilities. By application of a magnetic field to the device, a Hall voltage is created across the boundary region between the regions of semiconductor material to modify their resistance. By detecting the change in resistance, the device can function as a memory cell, a programmable logic device, a head for hard disk drives, a measurement tool for measuring magnetic fields, or other apparatus.
Abstract:
A thin film read-write magnetic head includes first and second adjacent magnetic layers forming a magnetic circuit path with a transducing gap, a flux sensing element disposed in the plane of one of the magnetic layers, at least one magnetic shunt valve member disposed around the flux sensing element, the valve member being disposed in the same plane as the one of the magnetic layers in which the sensing element is disposed. A conductor is electrically connected to the flux sensing member and magnetically coupled to the shunt valve member to apply a magnetic field to the shunt valve member to magnetically control the shunt valve member.
Abstract:
A method of forming a Hall effect sensor for a magnetic recording head including the steps of providing a single crystal substrate having a chemically dissimilar single crystal film thereon, providing a ceramic substrate having a first magnetic pole piece of a selected thickness formed on a surface thereof, positioning the single crystal substrate and the ceramic substrate with the single crystal film and magnetic pole piece surfaces in an opposing relationship, bonding the positioned ceramic substrate to the single crystal film on the positioned single crystal substrate to form a laminated structure having a substantially thin uniform bond line, removing chemically the single crystal substrate from the single crystal film, forming a Hall effect pattern in the film while one surface of the film is exposed, and depositing a second magnetic pole piece on the formed Hall effect pattern.
Abstract:
A magnetic sensor that generates a signal based on inverse spin Hall effect. The sensor includes a magnetic free layer and a non-magnetic, electrically conductive spin Hall layer located adjacent to the magnetic free layer. Circuitry is configured to supply an electrical current that travels through the magnetic free layer and the spin Hall layer in a direction that is generally perpendicular to the plane of the layers or perpendicular to a plane defined by an interface between the magnetic free layer and the spin Hall layer. The inverse spin Hall effect causes an electrical voltage in the spin Hall layer as a result of the current, and the voltage changes relative to the orientation of magnetization of the magnetic free layer. Circuitry is provided for measuring the voltage in the spin Hall layer in a direction that is generally perpendicular to the direction of the electrical current.
Abstract:
A system comprising a sensor with a free layer that exhibits an anomalous Hall effect is disclosed. Further, the sensor has a magnetic underlayer below the free layer in a track direction for biasing a magnetic orientation of the free layer in a first magnetic orientation, and a magnetic overlayer above the free layer in the track direction for biasing the magnetic orientation of the free layer in the first magnetic orientation. Still further, the sensor has a lower nonmagnetic spacer layer between the magnetic underlayer and the free layer, and an upper nonmagnetic spacer layer between the magnetic overlayer and the free layer.
Abstract:
A data reader may be configured at least with detector and injector stacks that each has a common spin accumulation layer. The detector stack may positioned on an air bearing surface (ABS) while the injector stack is positioned distal the ABS. The injector stack can have a diffusive layer with a larger spin diffusion length than mean free path.
Abstract:
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a galvanomagnetic device for use as a magnetic sensor or magnetic memory device. In a particular embodiment, the galvanomagnetic device comprises a non-conductive substrate, a first magnetic layer having a magnetic anisotropy perpendicular to the surface thereof, and a ferromagnetic second magnetic layer formed on the first magnetic layer. On the second magnetic layer, current electrodes are disposed to pass a current between two points, and voltage electrodes are disposed to detect a Hall voltage between two points perpendicularly to the current flow direction.
Abstract:
A magnetic sensor reduces thermal fluctuation and realizes high-sensitive signal detection using a spin Hall device of a simple structure configured with only one magnetic layer. The magnetic sensor includes a stacked film in which a nonmagnetic spin Hall layer, a nonmagnetic insulator layer, and a magnetic layer are stacked, an electrode nonmagnetic terminal pair connected to a side surface of the nonmagnetic spin Hall layer, and a unit applying a current in a film thickness direction of the stacked film. A thickness of the nonmagnetic spin Hall layer is thinner than twice a spin diffusion length of a material constituting the nonmagnetic spin Hall layer. A magnetization direction of the magnetic layer magnetized by an external magnetic field is detected due to the polarity of a voltage across both ends of the electrode nonmagnetic terminal pair.