Three-gap magnetic recording head having a single flux sensing means

A magnetic head is disclosed having an inner magnetic core and an outer magnetic core that is magnetically spaced about the inner core so as to form a three transducer gap structure. A flux sensing means is linked solely with the inner core. The fringing fields under the two outer transducer gaps have the same direction and are of smaller magnitude and in the opposite direction than the fringing field under the central transducer gap. The composite fringing field contributed by this structure results in a narrow pulse width and is useful in high-resolution high-recording density systems.