Vol. 4, No. 4-2 November 2004 Contents
Key Notes
Recent Research Activity towards Future Data Storage (Invited Review Paper)
T. E. Schlesinger……131
Magneto-Optical Readout Method
Double MAMMOS: 3-Dimensional MO Recording-3D-MO National Project- (Invited Paper)
A. Itoh, N. Ohta, T. Uchiyama, H. Awano, S. Imai, O. Ishizaki, M. Tani, N. Iketani, T. Mieda, A. Takahashi, K. Uchihara, M. Nakata, K. Tezuka, K. Nakagawa, and A. Tsukamoto……135
Study of Side-Wall-Annealing for High Density Recording on a Track-Wobbled DWDD Disc (Invited Paper)
T. Miki, G. Fujita, T. Sakamoto, Y. Tanaka, A. Kato, S. Imanishi, and Y. Akiyama……141
Quadri-Value MO Recording Layers for Double-MAMMOS Readout Method (Invited Paper)
K. Nakagawa and A. Itoh……146
Wall Structure and Energy on DWDD
A. Ohshima, K. Kusano, T. Kobayashi, Y. Fujiwara, S. Shiomi, and M. Kaneko……152
Test Read Method Using As-Deposited MAMMOS Media
S. Imai, H. Ido, M. Tani, H. Awano, O. Ishizaki, and N. Ota……156
Magneto-optical and Hybrid Recording
Prospects of Hybrid Recording Materials (Invited Review Paper)
N. Inaba, and N. Ota……160
Thermal Load in Sliders for Hybrid Recording (Invited Paper)
T. E. Schlesinger, E. J. Black, D. D. Stancil, and J. A. Bain……166
Simulation of Thermomagnetic Recording Process Using MFM Method: Effect of Field Gradient (Invited Paper)
T. Kato, M. Shimodaira, T. Koyama, S. Tsunashima, and S. Iwata……172
Effect of Thin Al Underlayer in Amorphous Magnetic Recording Media
J. Sato, K. Takayama, S. Miyanishi, H. Fuji, Y. Murakami, K. Kojima, and A. Takahashi……178
Theoretical Analysis of Critical Domain Size for Quadri-Value Recording Media
T. Fujii, K. Nakagawa, and A. Itoh……182
Magnetization Reversal beyond the Curie Temperature Considering the Curie-Weiss Law
S. Imai, M. Tani, H. Ido, H. Awano, N. Inaba, and N. Ota……186
Magnetic and Magneto-Optical Recording Materials
Magnetic Properties of FePt(001) Films with a Variety of Compositions Sputter-Deposited at Reduced Temperature (Invited Paper)
T. Seki, T. Shima, and K. Takanashi……190
High Density Perpendicular Magnetic Recording Media of Granular-Type FePt/MgO/Fe-Ta-C Double Layers (Invited Paper)
Z. Zhang, J. Yin, A. K. Singh, A. Perumal, T. Suzuki, and H. Osawa……194
Recording Tiny Marks on a Magneto-Optical Medium with Micro-Columnar Structure
M. Murakami and M. Birukawa……200
Temperature-Dependent Magnetic Properties of Fe-Pt Nanoparticles
H. Sakuma, T. Taniyama, Y. Kitamoto, H. Nishio, H. Yamamoto, K. Ishii, and Y. Yamazaki……204
Magneto-Optical and Magnetic Properties of DySmCo/Cr Thin Films
F. Jin, Z. Y. Li, Z. X. Huang, X. Dan, Z. Li, X. H. Xu, X. M. Cheng, and G. Q. Lin……208
The Effect of FePt Thickness on Magneto-Optical Properties of Si3N4/FePt/Si3N4/Al Structure
H. Ryu, D. Suh, Y. Park, and M. C. Paek……211
Magnetic Characteristics of TbFeCo Fabricated on Isolated FePt Grains
Y. Itoh, A. Tsukamoto, K. Nakagawa, and A. Itoh……213
Magnetic and Magneto-Optical Properties of Fe3Pt Alloy Thin Films
M. A. I. Nahid and T. Suzuki……217
Fabrication and Magnetic Characterization of Embedded Permalloy Structures
T. Tezuka, T. Yamamoto, K. Machida, S. Shimizu, T. Ishibashi, Y. Morishita, A. Koukitu, and K. Sato……241
Nano-Fabrication and Patterned Media
EB Mastering Process for SIL Readout/Recording System (Invited Paper)
M. Furuki, M. Takeda, M. Yamamoto, K. Saito, M. Shinoda, T. Fujiki, Y. Aki, M. Koizumi, T. Miyokawa, and M. Muto……225
Formation of Ultra-High-Density Ferromagnetic Column Arrays Beyond 1 Tera/inch2 Using Porous Alumina Template (Invited Paper)
T. Shimizu, M. Nagayanagi, Y. Fujii, O. Yaegashi, G. R. Wu, H. Sakaue, T. Takahagi, O. Sakata, K. Kusaka, and S. Shingubara……231
3D Mold Fabrication Techniques Using an Inorganic Resist (Invited Paper)
J. Taniguchi, Y. Taguchi, Y. Sugiyama, S. Ono, and I. Miyamoto……235
Fabrication of FePt and Fe Particles by Ion Beam Induced CVD
Q. Y. Xu, Y. Kageyama, and T. Suzuki……221
Optical Head and Novel Recording Methods
Small Optical Flying Head Technologies Interfaced with Plastic Disks (Invited Paper)
S. Kim, S.-D. Jung, M. A. Chung, S.-J. Yoon, and D.-H. Choi……245
Design and Analysis of a Suspension for OFH in Small Form Factor ODD (Invited Paper)
E. J. Hong, W. S. Oh, N. C. Park, H. S. Yang, and Y. P. Park……249
Surface Plasmon Enhancement Effect and its Application to Near-Field Optical Recording (Invited Paper)
J. Fujikata, T. Ishi, H. Yokota, K. Kato, M. Yanagisawa, M. Nakada, K. Ishihara, K. Ohashi, T. Thio, and R. A. Linke……255
Multilayered Recording Media for Three-Dimensional Optical Memories (Invited Paper)
M. Nakano, C. Egami, and Y. Kawata……260
Miniaturized Integrated Optical Pickup for Mini Disc
M. Ogawa, T. Ueyama, T. Miyake, K. Hirano, T. Numata, K. Minami, Y. Nakata, and Y. Kurata……264
Magneto-Optical Effect and Measurement
Nonlinear Magneto-Optical Effects of Prussian Blue Analog-based Magnet (Invited Review Paper)
S. Ohkoshi, K. Ikeda, J. Shimura, and K. Hashimoto……266
Nonlinear-Optical Properties of Thin La0.7Ca0.3MnO3 Films and Dynamics of Photoinduced Phase Transition (Invited Paper)
E. Mishina, N. Sherstyuk, A. Sigov, T. Tamura, S. Nakabayashi, V. Moshnyaga, K. Samwer, L. Kulyuk, and Th. Rasing……272
Novel Magneto-Optical Microscope Using Optical Modulation Technique (Invited Paper)
T. Ishibashi, Z. Kuang, Y. Konishi, K. Akahane, X. R. Zhao, T. Hasegawa, and K. Sato……278
Characterization of Permalloy Wires by Optical and Magneto-Optical Spectroscopy
R. Antos, J. Mistrik, S. Visnovsky, M. Aoyama, T. Yamaguchi, and B. Hillebrands……282
Behavior of Large Faraday Rotation in Magnetophotonic Crystals with Single-Cavity Structures
H. Kato, T. Matsushita, A. Takayama, M. Egawa, H. Ichida, K. Nishimura, and M. Inoue……286
Optical Properties of Three-Dimensional Magnetophotonic Crystals Based on Artificial Opals
A. V. Baryshev, T. Kodama, K. Nishimura, H. Uchida, and M. Inoue……290
Interface Effects on Magneto-Optic Kerr and Reflectivity Spectra in Ultrathin Fe/Au and Fe/Ag Systems
J. G¬rondilová, M. Rickart, M. Veis, E. Lišková, K. Postava, Š. Višnovský, S. O. Demokritov, B. Hillebrands, J. Mistrík, and T. Yamaguchi……293
Magneto-Optical Spectra of Ordered and Disordered FePt Films Prepared at Reduced Temperatures
K. Sato, A. Mizusawa, K. Ishida, T. Seki, T. Shima, and K. Takanashi……297
Measurement of MOKE Hysteresis Loop Using Non-uniform Sampling
Z. Li, Z. Y. Li, X. M. Cheng, F. Jin, and Z. X. Huang……301
Magnetism and Spin Dynamics
Combined Magnetic Force Microscopy and Magnetoresistance Measurements for Studying Mesoscopic Ferromagnetism (Invited Paper)
D. Buntinx, A. Volodin, and C. Van Haesendonck……304
Comparison of Transfer Ratio of Magnetic Tunnel Transistors
Y. Fujiwara, T. Hirose, H. Omae, H. Nakanishi, M. Jimbo, T. Kobayashi, and S. Shiomi……308
Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropies and Kerr Spectra of (Cr1-xVx)Pt3 Ordered Alloy Films
T. Kato, N. Uno, Y. Fujiwara, S. Tsunashima, and S. Iwata……310
Dynamic Observation of Domain Shrinking Speed Over Walker’s Limit
F. Izawa, S. Ozawa, A. Tsukamoto, K. Nakagawa, and A. Itoh……314
Purely Magnetization-Induced Second-Harmonic Generation in Thin Garnet Films
F. Hansteen, O. Hunderi, T. H. Johansen, A. Kirilyuk, and Th. Rasing……318
Excitation of Coherent Spin Waves in GdFeCo Film
A. Tsukamoto, K. Nakagawa, A. Itoh, A. Kimel, A. Tsvetkov, H. Awano, N. Ohta, A. Kirilyuk, and Th. Rasing……322
MCD Measurement at the Tb M4,5-Edges of Tb17FeXCo(83-X)Perpendicular Magnetization Films
A. Agui, M. Mizumaki, T. Asahi, J. Sayama, K. Matsumoto, T. Morikawa, T. Nakatani, T. Matsushita, T. Osaka, and Y. Miura……326
Magnetic and Magneto-Optical Devices
Variable Magneto-Optical Devices for Fiber-Optic Communication Systems (Invited Review Paper)
H. Umezawa and T. Kato……330
Magnetooptical Switches (Invited Paper)
Y. S. Didosyan, H. Hauser, and G. A. Reider……334
Highly Efficient (Cd, Mn)Te Waveguide for Integrated Magneto-Optical Isolator (Invited Paper)
M. C. Debnath, V. Zayets and K. Ando……339