2004 Excellent Presentation Award Winners in the Magnetics Society of Japan Guest Comment: Look Back the Substrate Business for Recording Media of HDD……K. Koike Reviews: Review of Thermally Assisted Magnetic Recording……K. Shono, and M. Oshiki Topics: Laser SQUID Microscope for Semiconductor Testing……M. Daibo Aerosol Deposition for Shock Consolidation of Fine Material Powder at Room Temperature and Fabrication of Permanent Magnet Films……J. Akedo, and S. Sugimoto Lecture – Electromagnetic Compatibility and Applied Magnetics IV: -Micro EMC-……M. Yamaguchi Notice Board Contributed Paper: Origin of High Magnetic Anisotropy Field in Fe-Co-B/Ni-Fe/Si Soft Magnetic Underlayer……T. Okamoto, S. H. Kong, and S. Nakagawa Dynamic Response Simple Analysis of a Capacitance-Drive-Type Linear Electromagnetic Solenoid……T. Kudo, M. […]

Guest Comment: Manufacturing in Japan……Y. Sasaki Reviews: Modeling of Magnetic Characteristics of Superconductors for Developing Superconducting Mechanical Systems……H. Konishi, and M. Futamura Topics: Development of Anisotropy in Nanocomposite Magnet Material by Using Hot-Forming……T. Iriyama MgO Composed Superlattices and Spinel-type Ferrite/MgO Multilayers Grown Epitaxially by MBE……T. Kado Observation of Spin Dynamics by Femtosecond Pulse Laser……A. Tsukamoto, K. Nakagawa, and A. Itoh Lecture: Introduction to Basic Magnetism through Experiments V……T. Mizoguchi, and T. K. Yamada New Technologies and New Products: Kerr Microscope for μm Long./Perp. Domain Observation with High Contrast ” BH-78 series “……S. Meguro, S. Ito, K. Akahane, S. Saito, M. Naka, and M. Takahashi OFH (Optical Flying Head) for High-density […]

2004 Awards Winner in the Magnetics Society of Japan Guest Comment: Research Center of Advanced Magnetic Materials in Korea; Established and Status Quo……Chong-Oh Kim Reviews: Wireless Magnetic Actuator for Colon Endoscope Navigation System……K. Ishiyama, and A. Chiba Topics: Surface Treatment Techniques in Fabrication of GMR and TMR Films……K. Tsunekawa, M. Nagai, M. Kosuda, D. D. Djayaprawira, and N. Watanabe Many-body Effects in Nanospintronics Devices……Y. Utsumi, J. Martinek, P. Bruno, J. Barnas, and S. Maekawa Dynamic Operation Analysis of Electromagnetic Machine Based on Reluctance Network Analysis……K. Nakamura, and O. Ichinokura Lecture – Electromagnetic Compatibility and Applied Magnetics IV: -Electromagnetic Wave Absorber-……Y. Kotsuka Notice Board Magnetics Society of Japan President:Ken-Ichi Arai Vice […]

Guest Comment: A Joy of a R & D Engineer……Y. Takei Reviews: ESD Phenomena in HDD Head……Y. Mizoh Topics: Recent Large Scale 3-D Finite Element Analysis and Applications……Y. Kawase Brillouin Light Scattering Determination of Spin Wave Stiffness Constant of hcp Co Thin Film and an Attempt toward Solving the?D-Value Problem……A. Yoshihara Lecture: Introduction to Basic Magnetism through Experiments IV……T. Mizoguchi and D. Okuyama New Technologies and New Products: Nd-Fe-B Based Nanocomposite Permanent Magnet Powder “SPRAX-II”……H. Kanekiyo, K. Murakami, Y. Shigempto, T. Miyoshi, and S. Hirosawa Notice Board Contributed Papers: Microstructure and Magnetic Properties of Nd-Fe-B/Ta Perpendicular Anisotropic Multilayered Films……M. Uehara Magnetics Society of Japan President:Ken-Ichi Arai Vice President:Masanori Abe, Masato […]

Guest Comment: High School Students’ Selections……T. Shinohara Reviews: Research Trends in Spin Transfer Magnetization Switching……K. Yagami, and Y. Suzuki Construction of Ferrite Core Applicators for Thermal Therapy……Y. Kotsuka Topics: Magnetization Reversal of Single-Domain Particles Studied by Numerically Solving the Fokker-Planck Equation……H. Fukushima, Y. Uesaka, Y. Nakatani, and N. Hayashi Soft Magnetic Materials with High?Bs?for High-Performance Writers……S. Ikeda, Y. Uehara, Y. Miyake, D. Kaneko, H. Kanai, and I. Tagawa Lecture: Electromagnetic Compatibility and Applied Magnetics III -Magnetic Field Measurements near an LSI Chip by Using a Miniaturized Thin-Film Shielded-Loop Probe and Its Bonding Structure-……N. Masuda Notice Board Contributed Papers: DC Bias Voltage Dependence of Magnetic-Field-Induced Electric Polarization in Ferromagnetic Oxide Films……A. […]

Guest Comment: Electromagnetic Induction and Electrochemistry……T. Yatabe Topics: Magneto-Optical Observation of Flux Penetration into Superconducting Tapes……T. Machi, and I. Hirabayashi Chemical Synthesis of High Coercivity Magnetic Nanoparticles……B. Jeyadevan, K. Sato, T. Ogawa, S. Hisano, K. Tohji, and M. Takahashi Lecture: Introduction to Basic Magnetism through Experiments III……T. Mizoguchi, K. Anjo, and D. Okuyama New Technologies and New Products: Measuring System for Absorbed Hydrogen Using Magnetic Levitation System……T. Funatsu Notice Board Contributed Papers: Improvement of the Overwrite and Thermal Robustness of Synthetic Ferrimagnetic Media……H. Umeda, T. Gouke, I. Okamoto, Y. Kitamoto, and S. Ishida Implicit Solution of the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert Equation by the Crank-Nicolson Method……H. Yamada, and N. Hayashi Magnetics Society of […]

Guest Comment: Some Thoughts on Industry-University Collaboration from the Viewpoint of HDD Manufacturing…..K. Yamamori Reviews: Characteristics of Giant Magnetoresistance Sensors and Their Applications…..H. Wakiwaka Topics: Analysis of Coercive Force Distribution in Patterned and Granular Perpendicular Media Using Magnetic Force Microscopy…..S. Ishio, J. Bai, H. Takahosi, and H. Saito Prospects for Medical Applications Using Magnetic Beads in the Post-Genomic Era…..M. Abe, and H. Handa Effect of Additive Cu, Ag, and Au on L10 Ordering in Chemically Synthesized FePt Nanoparticles…..J. W. Harrell, D. E. Nikles, S. S. Kang, X. C. Sun, and Z. Jia Lecture: Electromagnetic Compatibility and Applied Magnetics II -Performance Improvement of Fiber-Edge Magnetooptic Probe and Its Applications to Fine […]

Guest Comment: Magnets of Magnetism…..H. Ohno Reviews: Non-stoichiometry and Magnetic Properties of the Cathode Materials in Li-ion Secondary Batteries…..T. Nakamura Development and Applications of Intelligent Magnetic Responsive Fluids, with Particular Attention to Magnetic Compound Fluids (MCFs)…..K. Shimada Topics: Enhancement of Near-Field Light by Surface Plasmons…..K. Ohashi, J. Fujikata, T. Ishi, K. Ishihara, M. Yanagisawa, M. Nakada, and H. Yokota Lecture: Introduction to Basic Magnetism through Experiments II…..T. Mizoguchi, and T. Irisawa Notice Board Contributed Papers: Noise Property of Co-Cr-Pt-B Longitudinal Recording Media Separated by a Ru/Co-Cr/Ru Exchange-Coupling Layer…..T. Gouke, I. Okamoto, Y. Kitamoto, and S. Ishida Comparison between Polyimide Thin Film Microstrip Line and CoZrNb/Polyimide Hybrid Thin Film Microstrip Line…..K. […]

Guest Comment: Hard Disk Drive and Thin Film Deposition System…..Y. Ino Reviews: Standard Test Methods for Measurement of Magnetic Properties of Power Magnetic Materials…..K. Fujiwara, M. Nakano, and Y. Ishihara Trends in R&D Related to Electromagnetically Driven Artificial Hearts…..T. Yamane Topics: Production of Nanomagnetite Particles by Magnetic Bacterium…..T. Matsunaga, and T. Tanaka Magnetic Structures of Metallic Magnetic Multilayers Investigated by Resonant Hard X-ray Magnetic Scattering…..N. Hosoito Lecture: Electromagnetic Compatibility and Applied Magnetics I-High Frequency Magnetic Field Measurements Using Shielded-Loop Coil-…..M. Yamaguchi New Technologies and New Products: Preparation Method for Soft Magnetic Thin Film with High Saturation Magnetization and Ultra High Magnetic Anisotropy Field; Fe-Co-B Soft Magnetic Thin Film with Magnetic […]

Guest Comment: Revival of Japanese Manufacturing Industry…..K. Nakamura Reviews: Effects of Impurity on the Magnetism of α- and β-Mn Alloys…..Y. Nakai Magnetic Resonance Imaging with Hyperpolarized?129Xe and Possibilities for Measurement of Brain Function…..A. Wakai, K. Nakamura, J. Kershaw, and I. Kanno Trends in Signal Processing Technologies for High Density Perpendicular Magnetic Recording Systems…..Y. Okamoto, and H. Osawa Topics: L10?Ordering of Off-Stoichiometric FePt Thin Films at Reduced Temperature and Their Magnetic Properties…..T. Shima, T. Seki, and K. Takanashi Lecture: Introduction to Basic Magnetism through Experiments I…..T. Mizoguchi, and T. Irisawa New Technologies and New Products: BUSTERFERRIXR; GHz Conducted Noise Suppressors Using the Plated Ferrite Thin Films…..K. Kondo, T. Chiba, H. Ono, […]