Magnetoresistive magnetic head and magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus

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.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.