Magnetometric sensor with two magnetically isolated regions formed of spin-polarized materials and magnetic head using the same

摘要

A magnetometric sensor has a wide p-portion (1a) formed of almost perfectly spin-polarized material, a wide d-portion (1b) also formed of almost perfectly spin-polarized material different in coercive force and a narrow n-portion (1c) provided between the wide p-portion and the wide d-portion formed of the almost perfectly spin-polarized material or non-magnetic material, and one of the p-portion and the d-portion changes the spin axes of the conduction electrons in the opposite direction to the other in the presence of a magnetic field for providing a potential gap between the Fermi surface of the p-portion and the Fermi surface of the d-portion, thereby causing electric current to change the amount thereof. <IMAGE>