An exchange-coupled film includes a ferromagnetic layer and an
antiferromagnetic layer disposed on each other, the magnetization
direction of the ferromagnetic layer being pinned in one direction by an
exchange coupling magnetic field generated at the interface between the
ferromagnetic layer and the antiferromagnetic layer, wherein the
antiferromagnetic layer is composed of Ir.sub.zMn.sub.100-z (wherein 2
atomic percent.ltoreq.z.ltoreq.80 atomic percent), the ferromagnetic
layer has a two-layer structure including a Co.sub.yFe.sub.100-y layer
having a face-centered cubic structure (wherein 80 atomic
percent.ltoreq.y.ltoreq.100 atomic percent), the Co.sub.yFe.sub.100-y
layer being in contact with the antiferromagnetic layer, and an
Fe.sub.xCo.sub.100-x layer (wherein x.gtoreq.30 atomic percent), the
Fe.sub.xCo.sub.100-x layer being disposed on the Co.sub.yFe.sub.100-y
layer, and the thickness of the Fe.sub.xCo.sub.100-x layer is 30% to 90%
of the total thickness of the ferromagnetic layer.