Vol. 3, No. 3 September 2003 Contents

Magnetic and Electrical Properties, and Mechanism of Exchange Bias-field of γ-phase and L10-type Antiferromagnetic Mn Alloys
R. Y. Umetsu, C. Mitsumata, A. Sakuma, and K. Fukamachi……59

Confined Current Path (CCP)-CPP Spin-Valve Structure: Preliminary Experiment and Two-Current Model Analysis
H. Fujiwara, T. Zhao, G. J. Mankey, K. Zhang, W. H. Butler, and S. Matsunuma……95

Fabrication and Magnetic Characterization of Embedded Permalloy Structures
T. Matsumoto, T. Tezuka, T. Ishibashi, Y. Morishita, A. Koukitu, and K. Sato……103