%0 Journal Article %T Amorphous microwires with enhanced magnetic softness and GMI characteristics %A Zhukov A. %A Ipatov M. %A Zhukova V. %J EPJ Web of Conferences %D 2012 %I %R 10.1051/epjconf/20122900052 %X In this paper we present results on correlation of GMI effect and soft magnetic behavior in Co-rich microwires with low magnetostriction constant. Correlation between magnetoelastic anisotropy and magnetic field dependences of diagonal and off-diagonal impedance components are observed. Low field GMI hysteresis, explained in terms of magnetoelastic anisotropy of microwires, has been suppressed by the bias current. %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20122900052