Volume 27, No. 4CONTENTS

Guest Comment

• Lost 10 Years after the Collapse of “Bubble Economy” ・・・ T. Okuda

Reviews

• Magnetic Random Access Memory Technology ・・・ S. Tahara
• Strongly Correlated Systems as Thermoelectric Materials ・・・ I. Terasaki

Topics

• Transmission Electron Microscopy Analysis of Lattice Strain in Co/Pd Multilayers ・・・ A. Maesaka and H. Ohmori

Lecture

• Phenomena Accompanying Magnetism and Their Applications I ・・・ M. Inoue

Contributed Papers

Magnetic Recording Media

• 2.5-Inch Patterned Media Prepared by an Artificially Assisted Self-Assembling Method ・・・ Yoshiyuki Kamata, Hiroyuki Hieda, Masatoshi Sakurai, Koji Asakawa, Akira Kikitsu, and Katsuyuki Naito
• Magnetic Properties and Recording Performance of CoPtCr-SiO₂?Perpendicular Recording Media ・・・ Tadaaki Oikawa, Hiroyuki Uwazumi, Takehito Shimatsu, Hiroaki Muraoka, and Yoshihisa Nakamura
• Effects of B Percentage in NdFeB/W Thin Film for High-Density Magnetic Recording Media ・・・ Yukiyoshi Takamura, Mitsunori Matsumoto, Akimitsu Morisako, and Nobuhiro Katayama
• Guiding for Selecting Materials to be Used in CoCr-Based Perpendicular Media with High Squareness and Normalized Coercivity ・・・ Shin Saito, Fumikazu Hoshi, Norikazu Itagaki, and Migaku Takahashi
• Effects of Boron Doping and NiAl Seed Layer on Magnetic and R/W Characteristics of Co/Pt Superlattice Perpendicular Recording Media ・・・ Takehito Shimatsu, Takahiro Igari, Masaru Terakawa, Isao Watanabe, Hiroaki Muraoka, and Yoshihisa Nakamura
• Evaluation of Characteristic Distribution in the Direction of Film Thickness in Co/Pd Multilayers ・・・ Hironori Yoshikawa, Sok-hyun Kong, and Shigeki Nakagawa
• Evaluation of Magnetic Interaction among Magnetic Particles in [Co/Pd]_n?Multilayers Using Ferromagnetic Hall Effects ・・・ Sarbanoo Das, Hironori Yoshikawa, and Shigeki Nakagawa
• Material Problems of Soft-Magnetic Underlayers with High Stray-Field Stability Using Interlayer Magnetic Coupling ・・・ Shin Saito, Kenichi Hirai, Atsushi Hashimoto, Masakiyo Tsunoda, and Migaku Takahashi
• Interlayer Coupling and Domain Structure in SUL for Perpendicular Recording Media ・・・ Takehito Shimatsu, Kazuto Honma, Isao Watanabe, Hiroaki Muraoka, and Yoshihisa Nakamura
• Dependence of Thin-Film Media Properties on the Composition of a Very Thin Cr-Based Seedlayer:
  Relation between Growth Form, Melting Point, Affinity for Oxygen of a Cr-Based Seedlayer, and Media
  Microstructure ・・・ Satoru Yoshimura, David Djulianto Djayaprawira, Masaki Mikami, Yuji Takakuwa, and Migaku Takahashi
• Influence of Master Medium Structure on Magnetic Contact Duplication Performance ・・・ Ryuji Sugita, Tetsuo Muranoi, Masakazu Nishikawa, and Makoto Nagao

Magnetic Recording Heads and Magnetic Recording Characteristics

• Evaluation of Magnetic Head Field Using Three-Dimensional Magnetic Field Measurement System ・・・ Tomokazu Shimakura, Kimio Nakamura, Kenichi Itoh, Youji Maruyama, and Hiroshi Suzuki
• Read/Write Simulation in Antiferromagnetically Coupled Magnetic Media II ・・・ Tsuyoshi Abe, Sachiko Takanosu, Naoya Fujiwara, and Kiminari Shinagawa
• Simulation of Magnetization Distribution by the Magnetic Printing Method ・・・ Ryouta Sasaki and Kiminari Shinagawa
• Demagnetizing Field in the Recording Layer of a Perpendicular Head/Double-Layer Medium System ・・・ Haruna Aizawa, Sachiko Takanosu, Kiminari Shinagawa, and Jiro Hokkyo
• Effect of the Head Field Gradient and the Variance of Coercivity on Transition Jitter and Transition Width ・・・ Kenji Miura, Hiroaki Muraoka, Hajime Aoi, and Yoshihisa Nakamura
• Preliminary Examination of a Cylindrical Magnetic Storage System ・・・ Hiroshi Yamada, Takehito Shimatsu, Isao Watanabe, Hiroaki Muraoka, and Yoshihisa Nakamura

Magneto-Optics and Magneto-Optical Recording

• Dependence of the Magnetic Properties of TbFeCo Films on the Species of Sputtering Gases Used ・・・ Masahito Morimoto, Tomohiro Inagaki, Tadashi Kobayashi, Yuji Fujiwara, Morio Masuda, Shigeru Shiomi, and Tsutomu Shiratori
• Design, Fabrication, and Magneto-Optical Properties of Multilayers Containing GaAs/AlAs DBR and MnAs Nano-Clusters ・・・ Kazuhiko Ueda, Hiromasa Shimizu, and Masaaki Tanaka

Hard Magnetic Materials

• Magnetic Properties of Nd-Fe-B Anisotropic HDDR Powder Made from Segregated Master Ingots ・・・ Hideaki Ono, Tetsuro Tayu, Norihisa Waki, Tatsuo Sugiyama, Makoto Kanou, and Munekatsu Shimada

Magnetism

• Ferromagnetic Properties of Diluted Magnetic Semiconductor Zn_1-xCr_xTe ・・・ Hidekazu Saito, Vadim Zayets, Shinji Yamagata, and Koji Ando
• Magnetotransport Properties of CrO₂?・・・ Hideto Yanagihara and Myron B. Salamon
• Effects of the Permittivity of the Oxide Matrix and the Size of Ferromagnetic Particles on Giant Magnetoresistance in (Co, Fe)-M-O (M＝Ti, Nd, Al, and Si) Granular Films ・・・ Yukio Takeno and Yutaka Shimada
• Stability and Generation Condition of Small Bubbles ・・・ Hironobu Kuboyama, Syuichi Furusawa, Kenta Inoue, and Masatoshi Ohkoshi
• Interactions among Magnetic Dipoles Induced in Feeble Magnetic Substances under High Magnetic Fields ・・・ Tomohiro Takayama, Yasuhiro Ikezoe, Hiromichi Uetake, Noriyuki Hirota, and Koichi Kitazawa

Thin Films

• Thermal Stability of Tunnel Junctions with Additional Oxidation at the Surface of the Bottom Electrode ・・・ Satonori Iura, Hitoshi Kubota, Yasuo Ando, and Terunobu Miyazaki
• Improved Thermal Stability of Ferromagnetic Tunnel Junctions with a CoFe/CoFeO_x/CoFe Pinned Layer ・・・ Takao Ochiai, Nobuki Tezuka, Koichiro Inomata, Satoshi Sugimoto, and Yoshiaki Saito
• Magnetoresistance and Magnetic Properties of the Free Layer in a Bottom-Type Spin-Valve with an Fe-O_x?Layer Inserted into the Synthetic Ferrimagnet Pinned Layer ・・・ Katsumi Hoshino, Takao Imagawa, Satoshi Shigematsu, Kazuhiro Ueda, and Tatsumi Hirano
• Magnetization State and Spin-Switching Field in Antiferromagnetically Coupled Submicron Elements ・・・ Nobuyuki Koike, Nobuki Tezuka, Koichiro Inomata, and Satoshi Sugimoto
• Magnetic Properties of Ni-Fe Wires Prepared by Pulsed Laser Ablation ・・・ Takashi Makiuchi, Kenji Maeda, Takeshi Sumou, Xing Tao Gao, and Masatoshi Ohkoshi
• MFM Observation of the Magnetization Reversed Process for a Magnetic Wire with a Square Pad under an External Magnetic Field ・・・ Akinobu Yamaguchi, Teruo Ono, Saburo Nasu, Kunji Shigeto, Ko Mibu, and Teruya Shinjo
• Effect of Cr Underlayer on Magnetic Properties of a Crystallized Sm-Co Layer ・・・ Shigeto Takei, Akimitsu Morisako, and Mitsunori Matsumoto
• Magnetic Properties and LB Monolayer Fabrication of FePt Nano-Particles ・・・ Yuko Tsuchiya, Kenchi Ito, Toshiharu Teranishi, Takami Shimizu, and Mikio Miyake
• Microstructure and Magnetic Properties of FePt-Fluorocarbon Granular Thin Films ・・・ Yasunobu Yamada, Koichi Kakizaki, Yoshiyuki Kuboki, Hirotaka Suda, Kazuyoshi Shibata, and Nobuyuki Hiratsuka
• Structure of Zn_xFe_3-xO₄?Thin Films and Their Magnetic and Electrical Properties ・・・ Kazumasa Nishimura, Nobuki Tezuka, Koichiro Inomata, and Satoshi Sugimoto
• Magnetic and Electrical Properties of ε- and η-Mn Nitride Thin Films Formed by the Reactive Sputtering Method ・・・ Kazumasa Morio and Yoshiharu Koizumi
• Magnetic-Field-Induced Electric Polarization in Iron-Based Ferromagnetic Oxide Sputtered Films ・・・ Atsushi Kajima, Ryo Nakayama, Toshihiro Ohashi, Mitsuteru Inoue, and Toshitaka Fujii

Soft Magnetic Materials

• Electrical Transport of Mn-Zn-Ti Ferrite with Fe-Poor Composition ・・・ Kiyoshi Itoh, Osamu Kobayashi, and Osamu Yamada
• Effects of Substitution of Rare-Earth Metal Ions on the High-Frequency Characteristics of Co₂Z Ferrite ・・・ Hiroaki Sawada, Makoto Yamamoto, Kouichi Kakizaki, and Nobuyuki Hiratsuka
• Low-Temperature Sputter-Deposition of Ni-Zn Ferrite Thin Films Using Electron-Cyclotron-Resonance Microwave Plasma ・・・ Setsuo Yamamoto, Hirofumi Wada, Hiroki Kurisu, Mitsuru Matsuura, and Yoshihiro Shimosato
• Soft Magnetic Properties of Fe-Co-Al-O Films with High Saturation Magnetization ・・・ Kazuhiko Shintaku, Kiyoshi Yamakawa, and Kazuhiro Ouchi
• GHz Permeability of Soft Magnetic Co-Fe-B Films with High Anisotropy Fields ・・・ Masashi Namikawa, Makoto Munakata, Masaaki Yagi, Mashio Motoyama, Yutaka Shimada, Shin Yabukami, Masahiro Yamaguchi, and Ken-Ichi Arai
• Synthesis and Physicality of Carbonaceous Magnetic Materials Prepared by Arc Discharge ・・・ Naoya Matsuyama, Hideki Noda, Kouichi Kakizaki, and Nobuyuki Hiratsuka
• Magnetic Anisotropy Due to Heat Treatment of Co-Based Amorphous Ribbons ・・・ Yoshio Iwami, Yasuo Okazaki, and Akihiko Saito

Sensor and Measurements

• Application of GMR Line Sensor to Eddy Current Testing Probe ・・・ Yasuhiro Kataoka, Hiroyuki Wakiwaka, and Osamu Shinoura
• Development of Vector Current Viewer Array ・・・ Akihiro Hirota and Seiji Hayano
• Enhancing the Sensitivity and Resolution of Multi-ECT Probe for Inspection of Printed Circuit Boards ・・・ Kazunori Nakamura, Sotoshi Yamada, Masayoshi Iwahara, and Tetsuki Taniguchi
• Eddy-Current Testing Probe Using Meander Coil Applied to Weld Point of Pipe ・・・ Satoru Mizuno, Sotoshi Yamada, and Masayoshi Iwahara
• Nondestructive Detection of Cracks for a Distribution Line, Using Eddy Current Test ・・・ Hideyuki Yoshimi, Takashi Nonaka, Fumihiro Sato, Hidetoshi Matsuki, and Tadakuni Sato
• Fabrication of Magnetic Thin Films Sensors Using a Large Barkhausen Effect ・・・ Yasuhisa Baba, Kiyoshi Hoshikawa, Kensuke Akiyama, Yukio Kurihara, Kiyoshi Negishi, Shoji Oyama, Masanori Abe, Akihiro Gotoh, Norimichi Watanabe, and Susumu Abe
• Low Offset Orthogonal Fluxgate Operating in Fundamental Mode ・・・ Fumitaka Koga and Ichiro Sasada
• High-Frequency-Carrier Type Thin Film Magnetic Field Sensor for AC Detection ・・・ Hiroshi Mawatari, Hiroaki Kikuchi, Shin Yabukami, Masahiro Yamaguchi, and Ken-Ichi Arai
• Characterization by Microwave Probe of HFC-Type Magnetic Field Sensor with Coplanar Electrode ・・・ Tomoo Nakai, Hiroyuki Abe, Masahiro Yamaguchi, Shin Yabukami, Hiroaki Kikuchi, and Ken-Ichi Arai
• High-Frequency-Carrier Type Thin Film Magnetic Field Sensor Using Phase Detection ・・・ Shin Yabukami, Hiroshi Mawatari, Osamu Shimoe, Hiroaki Kikuchi, Ken-Ichi Arai
• High-Sensitivity, High-Resolution Magnetic Force Microscopy System ・・・ Takehiro Yamaoka, Kazutoshi Watanabe, Yoshiharu Shirakawabe, and Kazuo Chinone

Power Magnetics

• Fundamental Characteristics of Sine-Wave Inverter Utilizing Magnetic Oscillation to Supply Electric Power Directly to AC Voltage Source ・・・ Shinichi Okanuma, Keiichi Takemura, and Akio Hayasaka
• Oscillation-Frequency Stabilization Using Negative Feedback Control in Self-Excited Current-Feedback Magnetic Multivibrator ・・・ Akihiko Katsuki, Masahiro Matsushima, and Yasuo Shimizu

Biomagnetism

• The Control of Scaffold for Nerve Regeneration Using Static Magnetic Field ・・・ Yawara Eguchi, Mari Ogiue-Ikeda, and Shoogo Ueno
• Identification of Genes Responding to ELFMF Stimulation ・・・ Takashi Ikeda, Shin-ichi Harada, Ryuji Hosono, Makiko Kakikawa, Masayoshi Iwahara, and Satoshi Yamada
• Temperature Control of SMA Artificial Sphincter Utilizing Thermosensitive Magnetic Ferrite Transformer ・・・ Yasuyuki Kakubari, Fumihiro Sato, Hidetoshi Matsuki, Tadakuni Sato, Yun Luo, Toshiyuki Takagi, Tomoyuki Yambe, and Shin-ichi Nitta
• Effective Area of Hyperthermia Using Implanted Heaters ・・・ Jun-ichi Shimizu, Fumihiro Sato, Hidetoshi Matsuki, Tadakuni Sato, Masahiko Sendoh, Kazushi Ishiyama, and Ken-Ichi Arai
• Analysis of MEG Coherence with Mental Calculation ・・・ Keita Tanaka, Koujiro Watari, Gang Wang, Kazutomo Yunokuchi, Keita Watanabe, and Masaki Kawakatsu
• Phase Characteristic of Somatosensory Evoked Fields to Stimulus Frequency to Peripheral Nerve of Lower Extremities ・・・ Yoshinori Watanabe, Koichiro Kobayashi, Bong-Soo Kim, and Yoshinori Uchikawa
• Exercise-Induced Cardiac Activity Evaluation Based on Three-Dimensional Magnetocardiogram ・・・ Koichiro Kobayashi, Yoshinori Doi, and Yoshinori Uchikawa

Motor and Actuator

• Static Characteristics Analysis of a Magnetic Levitation System Using a?X-YLSM ・・・ Tomoyuki Wakanabe, Shigeri Inui, Yoichi Ohira, Jiangheng Liu, and Takafumi Koseki
• Consideration on the Pole Pitch Length of a Linear Parametric Motor with an Open Magnetic Circuit ・・・ Yasuaki Kimura, Kazumi Ishikawa, and Shinki Kikuchi
• Evaluation of the Characteristics of Small Linear Electromagnetic Actuators ・・・ Hiroyuki Wakiwaka, Norhisam Misron, Akinori Kamiya, Hisashi Yajima, Nobuhiro Fujiwara, and Susumu Takada
• Evaluation of High-Speed Rotation Characteristics and a Proposal for Avoiding the Vibration Mode in Repulsive Type Magnetic Bearing Systems Using Permanent Magnets ・・・ Takahisa Ohji, Kenji Amei, Msaaaki Sakui, and Satoshi Yamada
• Trial Fabrication of Linear Synchronous Motor with a Claw Pole Structured Mover ・・・ Kenji Shiroshita, Yoshimi Kikuchi, Kunihiko Iijima, Toshitaka Sakaki, Masami Nirei, Kyousuke Shimokawa, and Hiroyuki Wakiwaka
• Fundamental Consideration on Switched Reluctance Generators ・・・ Tsukasa Kikuchi, Shinya Naoi, Tadaaki Watanabe, Hai-Jiao Guo, and Osamu Ichinokura
• Considerations Driving Magnetic Fields for an Implantable Micro-pump ・・・ Kenta Kondo, Takashi Honda, Jiro Yamasaki, and Shiro Ishii
• Paddling Mechanisms of Water-Beetle Type Magnetic Micromachines ・・・ Teruaki Nakagawa, Takashi Honda, and Jiro Yamasaki
• Prototype Microactuator Movable in a Slim Pipe ・・・ Hiroyuki Yaguchi
• Resonance-Drive Electromagnetic Micromotor ・・・ Hiroyuki Yaguchi
• Accurate Low Speed Control for Induction Motor Using Secondary Current Feedback with Amorphous Wire MI Sensor Built into Shaft Hole ・・・ Yoji Inui, Takao Ito, and Kaneo Mohri
• Relation between Width of Inner Ring Core and Characteristics of Laminated Core Parametric Motor Using Asymmetric Stator ・・・ Yuuki Tosa, Masakatsu Ohkubo, Mitsuo Natsusaka, and Yoshinori Sakamoto
• Improving Method of the Characteristics of a Single-Phase-Input, Three-Phase Parametric Motor by Using Asymmetrical Stator ・・・ Takayuki Yashima, Shinya Oikawa, Mitsuo Natsusaka, and Yoshinori Sakamoto
• Relationships between Inner Stator Shape and Performance Characteristics of Laminated Core Parametric Motor ・・・ Masayoshi Kousaka, Munetaka Imai, Masaru Ohta, and Yoshinori Sakamoto

Applied Magnetics

• Magnetic Resistance Analysis Based on the Finite Element Method ・・・ Hayato Yabunami and Seiji Hayano
• Magnetic Circuit Model of a Distributed-Winding Brushless DC Motor for Use in SPICE ・・・ Satoshi Matsushita, Hiroki Nagao, Kenji Nakamura, and Osamu Ichinokura
• Proposal of Interpolation Preisach Model for Use in Finite Element Analysis ・・・ Eiji Yotsuya, Tatsuo Horii, and Akira Tozune
• Basic Characteristics of a Magnetic-Flux-Control Variable Inductor ・・・ Shigeaki Akatsuka, Tomoyuki Aoki, Takashi Ohinata, Mineo Kawakami, Hiromichi Sato, and Osamu Ichinokura
• Development of Gapless-Three-Phase Variable Inductor with Shell-Type Magnetic Core ・・・ Tomoyuki Aoki, Shigeaki Akatsuka, Takashi Ohinata, Mineo Kawakami, Hiromichi Sato, Akira Sasaki, Nagataka Seki, and Osamu Ichinokura
• Control Characteristics of a Magnetic-Flux-Control Transformer ・・・ Takashi Ohinata, Tomoyuki Aoki, Shigeaki Akatsuka, Mineo Kawakami, Hiromichi Sato, Akira Sasaki, Jinichi Hirano, Nagataka Seki, and Osamu Ichinokura
• Consideration of Iron Loss and Temperature Analysis of Ferrite Orthogonal Core for High-Frequency Region ・・・ Hirokazu Yoshida, Kenji Nakamura, and Osamu Ichinokura
• Calculation of Characteristics of Ferrite Pot-Core Noncontact Transformer by RNA ・・・ Minoru Ito, Kenji Nakamura, and Osamu Ichinokura
• Bridge-Connected Magnetic Circuit Using Cut Cores, with Application to a Variable Inductor ・・・ Shinichi Okanuma, Kazunori Watanabe, and Akio Hayasaka
• Contactless Power and Signal Transmission Device for FES ・・・ Takashi Nomoto, Masao Iida, Fumihiro Sato, Hidetoshi Matsuki, and Tadakuni Sato
• Advanced Cruise-Assist Highway Systems Using MI Sensor Array ・・・ Akihiro Muramatsu, Kazuhiro Yamada, and Kaneo Mohri
• Fundamental Investigation on Matching Characteristics and Thinned Magnetic EM-Wave Absorber with Periodical Thin Conductive Patterns ・・・ Mitsuhiro Amano and Youji Kotsuka
• Noise Emission from Cables Covered with Patterned Magnetic Ribbons ・・・ Toshiaki Mori, Shinsuke Horikoshi, Shirou Kambe, and Osamu Ishii
• Database of Effective Permeability of Magnetic Film with Parallel Pattern ・・・ Shinji Ikeda, Kim Ki Hyeon, Masahiro Yamaguchi, Ken-Ichi Arai, Hideaki Nagura, Shigehiro Ohnuma, and Yutaka Shimada
• Microinductors Using Composite Mullitayes Magnetic Materials for Micropower Supplies ・・・ Eishu Sugawara, Takashi Nishimura, Naoki Wako, Kiwamu Shirakawa, and Tsuyoshi Masumoto
• Transcutaneous Energy Transmission System for a Rechangeable Cardiac Pacemaker ・・・ Taku Sato, Fumihiro Sato, Hidetoshi Matsuki, Kunimasa Katayama, and Akiyasu Itou
• Martensitic Transformation in SUS304 Steels with the Same Ni Equivalent ・・・ Terushige Ueda, Yuu Okino, Seiki Takahashi, Jun-ichi Echigoya, and Yasuhiro Kamada
• Three-Coil System for Producing Uniform Magnetic Fields ・・・ Ichiro Sasada
• Car-Passing Recording System Using Amorphous Wire CMOS MI Sensor ・・・ Takashi Inamoto, Tokinobu Iida, and Kaneo Mohri

Author Index

Notice Board

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Magnetics Society of Japan

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