Volume 39, No.3 Contents

CONTENTS

Review Article

• Current Status of Research and Development toward Permanent Magnets Free from Critical Elements …S. Hirosawa

Magnetic Recording

• Influence of Switching Field Distribution on the Transition Jitter in Grain-Position Controlled Granular Media …A. Hara and H. Muraoka

Physics of Magnetism

• Preparation and Characterization of Bi substituted gadolinium iron garnet Films by Metal Organic Decomposition and their Dependence on Annealing Gases…D. A. Wahid, T. Hattori, J. Sato, and H. Shimizu

Spin Electronics

• Fabrication of a Current-Perpendicular to Plane Magneto-resistive Device with a Dry Ice Blasting Lift-off Process…K. Miyake, Y. Hisatsune, M. Tsunoda, and M. Sahashi

Measurement Technique, High-frequency Devices

• Permeability Measurements of Very Thin Magnetic Film Using a Flexible Microstrip-Line- Type Probe…K. Kusunoki, S. Yabukami, T. Ozawa, H. Uetake,H. Yamada, Y. Miyazawa, and Y. Shimada
• Theoretical Consideration on Short- & Open-circuited Transmission Lines for Permeability & Permittivity Measurement…S. Takeda, T. Hotchi, S. Motomura, and H. Suzuki

Power Magnetics

• A Study on a Contactless Charging System for Moving Electric Vehicles with a Full-Scale Model…N. Aruga, Y. Ota, Y. Imamura, S. Miyahara, F. Sato, and H. Matsuki

Biomagnetism and Medical Application

• Estimation of Specific Power Loss of Heating Mediator (La–Sr–Mn–Cu perovskite) for Magnetic Hyperthermia under 1 MHz Magnetic Field at Different Temperatures…H. Kado, T. Nakagawa, S. Seino, and T. A. Yamamoto