A review on the progress in giant magnetoresistance films and their po-tential application as read head sensors for high density magnetic recording is presented in this paper.

• 采用分类论述的方法,围绕巨磁电阻薄膜在高密度磁记录读磁头领域的潜在应用前景,介绍了巨磁电阻薄膜的研究进展情况,并分析了其发展趋势。