Volume 28, No. 3CONTENTS

Guest Comment:

• Company’s R&D Activities…..K. Yamauchi

Reviews:

• Head Positioning System for High Areal Density Recording…..T. Yamaguchi
• Spin-Polarized Scanning Electron Microscopy (Spin SEM)…..T. Kohashi and K. Koike

Topics:

• Anisotropy Field and GHz Permeability of Hetero-amorphous Films with High Resistivity…..M. Munakata, M. Yagi, and Y. Shimada
• First Surface Magneto-Optical Recording…..T. Tanaka, T. Kamimura, and K. Shono

Lecture: “Generation and Application of High Magnetic Fields VI”

• Application to Material Processing…..M. Motokawa

New Technologies and New Products:

• PMM-9G1; The Permeameter to Measure Absolute Values of Complex Permeability Up to 9 GHz…..Y. Miyazawa, K. Kaminishi, M. Yamaguchi, and H. Ando

Notice Board

Contributed Papers:

Magnetic Recording

• Dependence of Magnetic Contact Duplication Properties on Magnetic Layer Thicknesses of Master Media…..R. Sugita, T. Komine, T. Muranoi, M. Nishikawa, T. Yasunaga, and M. Nagao
• Study of the Magnetic Anisotropy Field of Grains for Co-CoO Obliquely Evaporated Magnetic Tapes…..J. Tachibana, H. Mizuno, T. Ito, and Y. Arisaka
• Effect of Cu Addition to NdFeB Thin Films for Perpendicular Magnetic Recording Media…..T. Okumoto, M. Matsumoto, and A. Morisako
• Magnetic Anisotropy and Phase Separation of Co-Mo and Co-W Films…..M. Sato, G. W. Qin, K. Oikawa, S. Okamoto, O. Kitakami, and Y. Shimada
• Fabrication of Discrete Track Perpendicular Media…..M. Takai, S. Okawa, T. Suwa, K. Nakada, and M. Moriya
• Dependence of the Magnetic Properties of CoPtCr-SiO₂/Ru Perpendicular Recording Media on the Pt, Cr Composition…..T. Oikawa, T. Shimatsu, Y. Inaba, H. Sato, H. Aoi, H. Muraoka, and Y. Nakamura
• Preparation of an Exchange-Biased Fe-Based Amorphous Soft-Magnetic Underlayer…..T. Suzuki and K. Ouchi
• Effect of Surface Morphology on the Magnetic Properties of Co/Pd Multilayers…..H. Yoshikawa and S. Nakagawa
• Miniaturized Optical Displacement Sensor Assembly Design…..T. Shinto, Y. Naka, D. Tajima, K. Shiraga, and Y. Koshimoto
• Measurement of Easy Axis Distribution…..T. Sanguu, H. Endo, Y. Uesaka, Y. Nakatani, N. Hayashi, and H. Fukushima
• Effect of DC-Bias Current in Perpendicular Magnetic Recording…..K. Taguchi, S. Takahashi, K. Yamakawa, and K. Ouchi
• Effect of an Underlayer for Co-Cr-Pt Perpendicular Magnetic Recording Media with High Coercivity…..T. Keitoku, T. Suzuki, and K. Ouchi
• Effect of the?M-H?Loop Slope on the Recording Properties of Perpendicular Magnetic Recording Media…..T. Kiya, T. Komakine, N. Honda, and K. Ouchi
• Single-Domain and Magnetic Properties of a Soft Magnetic Underlayer Plated on an Al/NiP Disk…..S. Saito, A. Hashimoto, M. Takahashi, and N. Mukai
• Isolation of Magnetic Grains for CoCr-Based Perpendicular Media with Ti Cap- and Under-layers through Application of Post-annealing…..S. Saito, N. Itagaki, and M. Takahashi
• Microstructure of the Interface between a CoO Underlayer and the Magnetic Layer in a Co-CoO Evaporated Tape…..T. Ito, K. Shimizu, Y. Arisaka, Y. Iwasaki, Y. Murakami, and D. Shindo
• Solution of Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert Equation by Newton’s Method…..H. Yamada and N. Hayashi

Magneto-Optics and Magneto-Optical Recording

• Antiferromagnetic Exchange Coupling in RE-TM Films…..A. Inagaki, M. Tsuneoka, A. Ohshima, T. Kobayashi, Y. Fujiwara, S. Shiomi, and T. Shiratori
• Observation of Spin Dynamics in MAMMOS Media by Femtosecond Laser…..A. Tsukamoto, K. Nakagawa, A. Itoh, A. Kirilyuk, T. Rasing, and H. Awano

Hard Magnetic Materials

• Hard Magnetic Properties of Co-Zr-B Alloys Produced by Rapid Solidification Processing…..T. Saito
• Flux Loss of Nd-Fe-B Sintered Magnets Placed Near a Proton Synchrotron…..K. Makita, T. Kawakubo, E. Nakamura, E. Sugiyama, and M. Aoki
• Fabrication of FePt Ordered Alloy Films by Annealing in Hydrogen Atmosphere…..T. Kamiki and S. Nakagawa

Magnetism and Super-Conductivity

• Effect of Annealing under Magnetic Field on Pyrolytic Carbon Ferromagnets…..T. Noda, K. Kamishima, K. Kakizaki, and N. Hiratsuka
• Current-Voltage Characteristics of Conductance Quantized States in Ferromagnetic Ni Nanowires…..K. Sekiguchi, M. Shimizu, E. Saitoh, and H. Miyajima
• Current-Driven Domain Wall Motion Due to the Spin-Transfer Effect…..A. Yamaguchi, H. Tanigawa, T. Ono, S. Nasu, K. Miyake, K. Mibu, and T. Shinjo
• Giant Magnetoresistance of Spinel-Type Fe_1-xMn_xCr₂S₄…..Y. Kamihara, Y. Takeshita, M. Matoba, T. Kyomen, and M. Itoh
• Design of Controller for Magnetic Levitation System for an?X-YLSM…..H. Sonoda, S. Inui, Y. Ohira, and T. Koseki

Thin Films

• Electric-Field Control of Metal-Insulator Transition at Room Temperature Using Pb(Zr, Ti)O₃/(La, Ba)MnO₃Heterostructure…..T. Kanki, H. Tanaka, and T. Kawai
• PMR Effect of (Cr-M)O₂?Powder Prepared by Mechanical Alloying…..T. Sato, M. Tsunoda, Q. Zhang, B. Jeyadevan, and M. Takahashi
• Structural and Magnetic Properties of Sm-Co/Cu Film with Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropy…..S. Takei, T. Uemizu, A. Morisako, and M. Matsumoto
• Enlarged Lateral Grain Size and Reduced Surface Roughness in Metallic Thin Films Obtained by Thermal Annealing under Ultra-high Vacuum…..K. Imakita, M. Tsunoda, and M. Takahashi
• Magnetic Properties and Crystal Structures of FePt Nanoparticle Media…..H. Kodama, S. Momose, T. Uzumaki, and A. Tanaka
• Effects of Annealing Conditions on C-axis Orientation of L1₀-FePt Films…..Y. Fuji, T. Miyazaki, S. Okamoto, O. Kitakami, Y. Shimada, and J. Koike
• Structure and Magnetic Characteristics of Fe Films with Ar Bombardment during and after Deposition…..S. Iwatsubo
• Study of the Magnetization Reversal Process of Microdots by Domain Observation…..M. Takezawa, T. Mori, and J. Yamasaki

Soft Magnetic Materials

• Nanostructure and Soft Magnetic Properties of Nanocrystalline Fe-Nb-B(-P-Cu) Alloys…..T. Bitoh, A. Makino, A. Inoue, and T. Masumoto
• Fundamental Study of Gravity Separation in Fluidized Bed with Magnetic Field Effect…..F. Mishima, S. Yamazaki, K. Yoshida, H. Nakane, S. Takeda, Y. Izumi, and S. Nishijima
• Magnetic Properties of Fe-Co-Al-O Films Deposited on a Cu Underlayer…..N. Hayashi, Y. Miyamoto, K. Machida, and T. Tamaki
• Nano-structure and Electromagnetic Noise Suppression Effects of (Ni₈₀Fe₂₀)-(B₂O₃) Thin Films Produced by Co-evaporation…..T. Itoh, S. Yoshida, S. Okamoto, O. Kitakami, and Y. Shimada

Measurement and High-Frequency Devices

• High-Frequency, Low-Amplitude Magnetic Field Characteristics of SV-GMR Sensor for ECT Technique…..Y. Fukuda, C. Komcrit, S. Yamada, M. Iwahara, H. Wakiwaka, and S. Shoji
• Correlation between Charpy Impact Properties and the Magnetization Process of Cold-Rolled Steels…..Y. Kamada, T. Nakano, S. Takahashi, K. Ara, H. Kikuchi, J. Echigoya, and K. Yaegashi
• Measurement of Magnetic Properties of Ring-Shaped Electrical Steel Sheets…..K. Mori, K. Watanabe, S. Yanase, Y. Okazaki, and S. Hashi
• Detection of Magnetic Field Gradient around a Current Path by Magnetic Force Microscopy…..D. Saida and T. Takahashi
• Application of Magnetostrictive Cantilevers to Optical Switches…..T. Takeuchi, T. Shibasaki, R. Fukao, and K. Wakabayashi

Power Magnetics

• Analysis of Operating Characteristics of EIE-Core Variable Inductor Based on Three-Dimensional Magnetic Circuit…..S. Hayakawa, K. Nakamura, S. Akatsuka, T. Aoki, M. Kawakami, T. Ohinata, K. Minazawa, and O. Ichinokura
• Prototype Production and Design of a Non-circular Magnetic Gear for Practical Applications…..K. Tsurumoto and Y. Kumasaka

Biomagnetic and Medical Applications

• Colon Endoscope Navigation by Magnetic Actuator and Intestine Observations…..A. Chiba, M. Sendoh, K. Ishiyama, Y. Suda, K. I. Arai, T. Komaru, and K. Shirato
• Mutagenic and Physiological Effects on Bacterial Cells by Exposure to Magnetic Fields…..M. Kakikawa, R. Hosono, S. Hashimoto, M. Iwahara, and S. Yamada
• Fabrication of a Magnetic Micromachine Capable of Moving in a Liver…..M. Soma, M. Sendoh, K. Ishiyama, and K. I. Arai
• Experimental Examination of High Power Stimulator for Completely Implantable FES…..G. Kano, T. Nomoto, F. Sato, H. Matsuki, and T. Sato
• Investigation of Estimating Strain Using Diffusion Tensor Magnetic Resonance Imaging…..A. Kaneko, M. Sekino, K. Yamaguchi, Y. Eguchi, and S. Ueno
• Applications for Thermotherapy with Metallic Stent Depend on External Excitation…..Y. Ozu, F. Sato, H. Matsuki, Y. Nihei, Y. Kurokawa, and T. Sato
• Study on Restricted Water Diffusion in Biological Tissue by Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging…..M. Sano, M. Sekino, M. Ogiue-Ikeda, and S. Ueno
• MCG Analysis with Independent Component Analysis Based on 3-D Measurements…..K. Yamazaki, K. Kobayashi, M. Ogoshi, B. S. Kim, M. Yoshizawa, K. Nakai, and Y. Uchikawa
• T₂?Relaxation of Water Molecules Surrounding Magnetically Oriented Fibrin Gels…..M. Takeuchi, M. Sekino, K. Yamaguchi, N. Iriguchi, and S. Ueno

Magnetics Society of Japan

• President:Ken-Ichi Arai
• Vice President:Masanori Abe, Masato Sagawa
• Director, General Affairs:Akimitsu Morisako, Kouji Ando
• Director, Treasurer:Kiminari Shinagawa, Kenji Ohmori
• Director, Planning:Hidetoshi Matsuki, Kenjirou Watanabe
• Director, Editing:Migaku Takahashi, Masaaki Futamoto
• Auditor:Ichiro Sasada, Yoshikazu Narimiya