Volume 30, No. 3 Contents

Contributed Papers:

• Effect of Al₂O₃ Additive on the Soft Magnetic Properties of High-B_S Fe-Co-Al-O Films on a Thin Underlayer
  K. Shintaku, and S. Watanabe
• Numerical Analysis of a Double-D Pickup Coil for Flaw Response under an Axisymmetric Excitation
  H. Bayani, and I. Sasada

Magnetic Recording

• Influence of Master Pattern Angle against Hard Magnetization Direction of Slave Medium on Magnetic Duplication Characteristics^*
  H. Yasuda, A. Kaneko, T. Komine, R. Sugita, and T. Muranoi
• Effect of Co Underlayer on High Moment Fe₆₅Co₃₅ Thin Films^*
  T. Miyao, X. Liu, and A. Morisako
• R/W Performance of CoPtCr-SiO₂ Perpendicular Cylindrical Media Using an Inclined-Pad-Type SPT Head^*
  H. Yamada, R. Tsuchiyama, H. Kikuchi, T. Shimatsu, I. Watanabe,H. Aoi, H. Muraoka, and Y. Nakamura
• Transition Curvature and Readback Pulse Width in Perpendicular Magnetic Recording^*
  Y. Yamakawa, K. Miura, H. Muraoka, H. Aoi, and Y. Nakamura
• Cusp-Field Single-Pole Head Fabricated with Electrodeposited Films^*
  K. Taguchi, T. Yokoshima, M. Uchida, S. Takahashi,K. Yamakawa, K. Ouchi, and T. Osaka
• Considerations on the Mechanism for the Formation of a Cu-AlO_x Nano-Oxide-Layer^*
  S. Kawasaki, J. Y. Soh, K. Miyake, M. Doi, and M. Sahashi
• Study of the Flying Stability of an Inclined-Pad-Type Slider for Cylindrical Magnetic Media^*
  R. Tsuchiyama, H. Yamada, T. Shimatsu, I. Watanabe, H. Aoi, H. Muraoka, and Y. Nakamura

Thin Films

• TMR Properties for Magnetic Tunnel Junctions with a Disordered Co₂(Cr_1-xFe_x)Al Electrode^*
  S. Okamura, A. Miyazaki, N. Tezuka, S. Sugimoto, K. Inomata, Y. K. Takahashi, and K. Hono
• Measurement of the Interfacial Spin Polarization of La_0.7Sr_0.3MnO₃ Film by Andreev Reflection^*
  K. Imaeda, M. Ito, M. Sugiyama, H. Asano, and M. Matsui
• Surface Characteristics of Epitaxial Sr₂FeMoO₆ Thin Films^*
  N. Koduka, Y. Takahashi, K. Imaeda, H. Asano, and M. Matsui
• Structural and Magnetic Properties and Tunnel Magnetoresistance of Co₂V_0.67Fe_0.33Al Heusler Alloy Deposited onto an MgO Substrate^*
  A. Miyazaki, S. Okamura, S. Sugimoto, N. Tezuka, and K. Inomata

Soft Magnetic Materials

• High-frequency Magnetic Characteristics of M-type Barium Ferrites with Substituted Metal Elements^*
  K. Miyata, K. Kamishima, K. Kakizaki, and N. Hiratsuka

Measurement and High-Frequency Devices

• Magnetic Projection Method for Measurement and Visualization of a Magnetic Field in a Spherical Region^*
  T. Nishimura, K. Hayashi, S. Yamada, and M. Iwahara
• Development of Wireless Magnetic Multi-position Detecting System Using FFT Analysis^*
  M. Toyoda, S. Hashi, S. Yabukami, M. Ohya, K. Ishiyama, Y. Okazaki, and K. I. Arai
• Effect of Residual Stress for Leakage Magnetic Flux Induced by Rayleigh Waves Propagating on Steel Plates^*
  H. Naganuma, and H. Hatafuku
• Magnetic Field Optical Sensor Using a Garnet Single Crystal with a Striped Magnetic Domain Structure^*
  K. Okubo, T. Nakaya, O. Kamada, and K. Shiraishi

Power Magnetics

• Three-Phase Reluctance Generator Using Stator Core with Permanent Magnet^*
  O. Ichinokura, T. Ono, K. Nakamura, and T. Watanabe
• A Robust Design of Capacitance-Drive-Type Linear Electromagnetic Solenoid^*
  T. Kudo, Y. Takahashi, I. Takamatsu, and S. Wakui

Biomagnetic and Medical Applications

• Effects on the Attraction and Avoidance Behavior of C. elegans by Exposure to ELF Magnetic Fields^*
  S. Maeda, M. Kakikawa, M. Iwahara, and S. Yamada