CONTENTS

• Magnetic Force Microscope Tips Prepared by Coating Sharp Si-Base Tips with Thin Co Films
  K. Soneta, M. Ohtake, and M. Futamoto
• Highly Efficient Waveguide Using Surface Plasmon Polaritons for Thermally Assisted Magnetic Recording
  Y. Ashizawa, T. Ota, K. Tamura, and K. Nakagawa
• Circularly Polarized Light Generated by Plasmon Antenna for All-Optical Magnetic Recording
  K. Tamura, T. Ota, Y. Ashizawa, A. Tsukamoto, A. Itoh, S. Ohnuki, and K. Nakagawa
• Thermally Assisted Magnetic Recording Applying Optical Near Field with Ultra Short-Time Heating
  K. Nakagawa, A. Tajiri, K. Tamura, S. Toriumi, Y. Ashizawa, A. Tsukamoto, A. Itoh, Y. Sasaki, S. Saito, M. Takahashi, and S. Ohnuki
• Magnetic and Fluorescence Properties of Cerium-doped Yttrium Aluminum Iron Garnet Nanocrystals
  D. Aoki and M. Shima
• Analysis of Magnetic Switching of 2 to 4 Layered Exchange Coupled Composite Structures
  N. Honda
• Micromagnetic Studies of Density Limit in Polycrystalline Recording Media (Invited)
  K. Zhang and D. Wei

• Magnetic Exchange Interaction of (Fe,Co)-Si-B-Nb Glassy Alloys with Soft-magnetic Properties
  R. Y. Umetsu and T. Kanomata
• Soft Magnetic Hexagonal Ferrites for High Frequency Devices (Invited)
  N. Hiratsuka
• Neutron Irradiation Effects on Mechanical and Magnetic Properties of Pre-deformed Ironbased Model Alloys
  Y. Kamada, J. N. Mohapatra, H. Kikuchi, S. Kobayashi, T. Murakami, and H. Watanabe
• Reduction in Eddy Current Loss for a Power Coupler in an Electrodeless Discharged Lamp
  T. Yanai, Y. Sakamoto, M. Nakano, H. Kakehashi, A. Okada, and H. Fukunaga
• Core Loss in Fe-Si Powder Cores (Invited)
  T. Saito and S. Takemoto
• Manipulation of Fast Magnetization Switching in Magnetically Bistable Microwires through the Magnetoelastic Anisotropy
  V. Zhukova, J. M. Blanco, M. Ipatov, A. Talaat, M. Churyukanova, S. Kaloshkin, and A. Zhukov

• Ferromagnetic Resonance Study of Fe_100-xCo_x/GaAs(001)(x<11)Deposited by RF Magnetron Sputtering
  Y. Wada, Y. Takahashi, N. Inaba, F. Kirino, M. Ohtake, and M. Futamoto
• The Influence of Electrode Material of Planar Capacitor on Magnetoelectric Properties in Ferromagnetic Oxide Sputtered Films with the Bi₂O₃–Fe₂O₃-PbTiO₃ System
  T. Higashi, A. Kajima, M. Inoue, and T. Fujii
• Graphene-ribbon Model for Nano-meter Size Magnetic Recording Bit
  N. Ota
• Metastable Ordered Phase Formation in Co₇₅Pt₂₅-Alloy Thin Films
  D. Suzuki, M. Ohtake, F. Kirino, and M. Futamoto
• Atomic Layer Stacking Structure and Negative Uniaxial Magnetocrystalline Anisotropy of Co100–xIrx Sputtered Films
  N. Nozawa, S. Saito, T. Kimura, K. Shibuya, K. Hoshino, S. Hinata, and M. Takahashi
• Film Roughness Analysis and Magnetic Properties in Ultrathin Co/Pd Multilayers
  K. Yang, Z. Li, and A. Lukaszew
• Preparation of FePd/MgO/FePd Tri-layer Film on SrTiO₃(001) Single-Crystal Substrate
  S. Ouchi, A. Itabashi, M. Ohtake, and M. Futamoto
• Synthesis and Characterization of L1₀–FeNi Powders
  Y. Hayashi, S. Gotou, M. Mizuguchi, M. Kotsugi, Y. Kitou, E. Okuno, and K. Takanashi
• Structure Characterization of FePd, FePt, and CoPt Alloy Thin Films Epitaxially Grown on SrTiO₃(001) Single-Crystal Substrates
  A. Itabashi, M. Ohtake, S. Ouchi, F. Kirino, and M. Futamoto
• Synthesis of Carbon Nanocapsules Containing Fe Produced by Discharge in Ethanol
  H. Kuratani, Y. Fujiwara, K. Maeda, T. Kobayashi, and M. Jimbo
• Magnetostriction Behavior of Ni(001) Single-Crystal Films with Different Thicknesses under In-plane Rotating Magnetic Fields
  T. Ohtani, T. Kawai, M. Ohtake, and M. Futamoto

• Excitation of Continuous Magnetostatic Surface Spin Wave in Ferromagnetic Thin Films
  N. Sato, Y. Sekiguchi, and Y. Nozaki
• Theoretical Study of Spin-torque Oscillator Coupled with Nano-magnet by Dipole–dipole Interaction
  H. Arai, T. Taniguchi, and H. Imamura
• Transport and Magnetic Properties of Fully-epitaxial Superconducting NbN/half-metallic Heulser Alloy Co₂MnSi Bilayer Films
  I. Shigeta, Y. Sakuraba, S. Kimura, K. Koyama, K. Watanabe, K. Takanashi, and M. Hiroi
• Role of Electronic Structure on Solubility of Magnetic Mn Impurity in GaInAs Semiconductor Alloys
  Y. Kitaoka, M. Miyake, K. Nakamura, T. Akiyama, and T. Ito

• High-Resolution Magnetic Force Microscope Tip Coated with Co Film Prepared by Ultra-High Vacuum Evaporation
  T. Hagami, M. Ohtake, and M. Futamoto
• Fine Local Magnetic Structures Measured by STM-SQUID Microscopy
  N. Watanabe, S. Matsusawa, Y. Miyato, and H. Itozaki
• Switching Field Distributions in GMR Patterns with GdFe Free Layers Obtained by High-resolution Magneto-optical Microscopy
  T. Ishibashi, Y. Oshino, K. Aoshima, K. Machida, K. Kuga, H. Kikuchi, and N. Shimidzu
• Development of Transducer for Measuring Two-dimensional Local Vector Magnetic Properties
  S. Nagata, H. Hirukawa, and M. Enokizono
• Optically Induced Magnetic Field of Polycrystalline Solar Cell
  Y. Miyato, T. Hino, Y. Nakatani, and H. Itozaki
• Application of Magnetic Ribbon Coated with Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)/Poly(4-styrenesulfonate) to a Wireless Ammonia Sensor
  O. Ishii, O. Mori, K. Takahashi, N. Kutsuzawa, and H. Okuzaki
• Magnetic Force Microscope Tip with High Resolution and High Switching Field Preparedby Coating Si Tip with L11 Ordered CoPt-Alloy Film
  S. Ishihara, M. Ohtake, and M. Futamoto

• Novel Flux Barrier Type Outer Rotor IPM Motor with Rare-earth and Ferrite Magnets
  S. Ishii, Y. Hasegawa, K. Nakamura, and O. Ichinokura
• RNA-Based Optimum Design Method for SPM Type Magnetic Gears
  M. Fukuoka, K. Nakamura, and O. Ichinokura
• Investigation of Magnetic Pole Combination in a Surface Permanent Magnet-type Vernier Motor
  Y. Kataoka, M. Takayama, Y. Matsushima, and Y. Anazawa
• A Study of Rotor Pole Shape in Outer Rotor Type SR Motor
  T. Ogasawara, H. Goto, and O. Ichinokura
• Eddy Current Loss Calculation in Permanent Magnet of SPM Motor Including Carrier Harmonics Based on Reluctance Network Analysis
  Y. Yoshida, K. Nakamura, and O. Ichinokura
• Fluctuation of Resonance Frequency of Applicator Having Wireless Power Transmission for Hyperthermia Therapy
  S. Yamada, Y. Ikehata, T. Ueno, and M. Kakikawa

• Heat Generation Ability in an AC Magnetic Field of Nano-sized La2.5 wt% Added MgFe2O4 Prepared by Beads Milling
  S. Yoshikawa, H. Hirazawa, H. Aono, T. Naohara, T. Maehara, and Y. Watanabe
• Heat Generation Ability of Nanosized Mg1-XCuXFe2O4 Ferrite in an AC Magnetic Field
  S. Utsunomiya, H. Hirazawa, H. Aono, T. Naohara, T. Maehara, and Y. Watanabe
• Magnetic Nanoparticle Imaging Using Second Harmonic Signals for Sentinel Lymph Node Detection
  N. B. Othman, T. Tsubaki, D. Kitahara, T. Yoshida, K. Enpuku, and A. Kandori
• Rejection of Wire-induced Magnetic Noise Using Wavelet Transformation and Independent Component Analysis for Magnetocardiogram
  K. Kobayashi, M. Yoshizawa, D. Oyama, and Y. Uchikawa
• Magnetic Beads Composed of FePt/Au Hybrid Nanoshell and Silica Core
  R. Zhang, T. Hamada, S. Inagi, and Y. Kitamoto