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Nonmagnetic Read-Head Sensors

Artist's rendering (left) and scanned electron micrograph (right) of the read-head mesa for a device employing the extraordinary magnetoresistance effect (EMR). The SEM image is seen at a 30 degree tilt angle. The height of the mesa is about 100 nm.

Reported by: Solin et al., Applied Physics Letters, May 27, 2002

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