Abstract:
A thermoelectric converting thin line includes a thin line extending in one direction, a first ferromagnetic layer formed on a side of the thin line having a magnetization fixed in a plane in a direction intersecting with a direction along which the thin line extends, and a first nonmagnetic metal layer formed on the first ferromagnetic layer.
Abstract:
A magnetic head according to an embodiment includes a first magnetic shield and a second magnetic shield that are opposed to each other, and a magnetoresistive film arranged between the first magnetic shield and the second magnetic shield, and including a first magnetic layer including a first metal layer that contains 90 at. % or more of Fe and a first Heusler alloy layer, a second magnetic layer arranged on a side of the first Heusler alloy layer opposite from the first magnetic layer, and an intermediate layer arranged between the first Heusler alloy layer and the second magnetic layer.
Abstract:
A thermoelectric converting element includes a substrate, a nonmagnetic metal layer, and an insulated ferromagnetic layer provided between the substrate and the nonmagnetic metal layer and having a magnetization fixed in a plane in a direction and including a hard magnetic material.
Abstract:
A magnetoresistive element according to an embodiment includes: a magnetoresistance effect film including: a first magnetic film; a second magnetic film; and an intermediate film of a nonmagnetic material disposed between the first magnetic film and the second magnetic film, at least one of the first magnetic film and the second magnetic film being formed of a material expressed as AxB1-x(65 at %≦x≦85 at %) where A is an alloy containing Co and at least one element selected from Fe and Mn, and B is an alloy containing Si or Ge, a Si concentration in the at least one of the first magnetic film and the second magnetic film decreasing and a Ge concentration increasing as a distance from the intermediate film increases.
Abstract:
According to the embodiment, a magnetic memory device includes a magnetic body. The magnetic body includes first and second extending regions, and a first connecting region. The first extending region spreads along a first direction and along a second direction crossing the first direction, and includes first and second end portions extending in the first direction. The second end portion is separated from the first end portion in the second direction. The second extending region spreads along the first direction and along a third direction crossing the first direction, and includes third and fourth end portions extending in the first direction. The fourth end portion is separated from the third end portion in the third direction. The first connecting region is provided between the first and third end portions, and connects the first end portion with the third end portion.
Abstract:
According to one embodiment, a magnetic memory device includes a first magnetic body and a second magnetic body. The first magnetic body extends in a first direction. The second magnetic body extends in the first direction. A distance between the second magnetic body and the first magnetic body changes periodically along the first direction.
Abstract:
A thermoelectric conversion element comprises: a substrate; an insulating ferromagnetic layer provided on the substrate and having a magnetization fixed in one direction; and a nonmagnetic metal layer provided on the ferromagnetic layer. The substrate is configured from an organic type material whose thermal conductivity is not less than 0.15 W/Km and not more than 1.5 W/Km, whose Young's modulus is not less than 0.2 Gpa and not more than 7 Gpa, and whose film thickness is 100 μm or less.
Abstract:
A thermoelectric conversion element comprises a substrate, an insulating ferromagnetic layer, and a nonmagnetic metal layer. The insulating ferromagnetic layer is formed upwardly on the substrate and has a magnetization fixed in a certain direction. At least one trench is formed on a surface of this insulating ferromagnetic layer so as to extend in a direction along the surface of the insulating ferromagnetic layer. The nonmagnetic metal layer is formed conforming to a shape of the trench, upwardly on the insulating ferromagnetic layer including on a wall surface of the trench.
Abstract:
A magnetoresistive element according to an embodiment includes: a magnetoresistance effect film including: a first and second magnetic films; and an intermediate film disposed between the first and second magnetic films, at least one of the first and second magnetic films being formed of a Heusler alloy expressed as Co100-x(AyB1.0-y)x (40 at %≦x≦60 at %, 0.3≦y≦0.7) where A is an alloy containing at least Fe and Mn, and B is an alloy containing at least Si, Al, and Ge, a composition of the at least one of the first and second magnetic films being changed in a film-thickness direction so that a ratio of Fe/(Fe+Mn) is less than 60% in a first region disposed near an interface with the intermediate film in the film-thickness direction, and is 60% or more in a second region that is disposed at more distance from the interface than the first region in the film-thickness direction.