Vol. 5, No. 2 May 2005 Contents

Development of Variable Inductor for Electric Power System
O. Ichinokura, K. Nakamura, S. Akatsuka, T. Ohinata, and K. Minazawa……49

Controlling the Written Track Width in Perpendicular Recording Media
S. Greaves, Y. Kanai, and H. Muraoka……57

In-situ High Temperature MFM Analysis of Written Bits in the Granular Type FePt-MgO Double-layered Perpendicular Recording Media
A. Singh, Z. Zhang, J. Yin, A. Perumal, and T. Suzuki……61

Effect of Substrate Temperature on Properties of BaM/Pd-Pt Double Layered Thin Film
N. N. Shams, X. Liu, M. Matsumoto, and A. Morisako……65

Effect of Underlayer Surface Morphology on the Magnetic Properties of TbFeCo Film
M. T. Rahman, X. Liu, M. Matsumoto, and A. Morisako……69

Magneto-resistance of Nano-Fe3O4/Ag Granular System
Y. Kimishima, W. Yamada, K. Kobayashi, M. Uehara, T. Asaka, K. Kimoto, and K. Matsui……73

Pressure-Induced Crossover in the Electronic State of Fe70Ni30
R. Saito, G. Oomi, M. Hedo, and Y. Uwatoko……77

Search for the Quantum Critical Point in Cr1-xVx Alloys
Y. Fuchizaki, M. Ohashi, G. Oomi, and M. Kawakami……81

Study of In-plane and Out-of-plane Exchange Bias in FePt/FeMn Bilayers
P. Nguyen, and T. Suzuki……85

MFM Images and Micromagnetic Simulation of Submicron-Sized Single-Crystal Co Particles
Y. Kageyama, and T. Suzuki……89

PCB Conductor Dimension and Alignment Inspection Using ECT probe with an SV-GMR Sensor
K. Chomsuwan, S. Yamada, M. Iwahara, H. Wakiwaka, and S. Shoji……93

Improvement of the Measurement Characteristics of a Magnetic Bearing Balance System
A. Hussien, T. Okada, T. Ohji, M. Iwahara, and S. Yamada……97

Performance of U-shaped Core Orthogonal Fluxgate Magnetometer
K. Goleman, and I. Sasada……101

Analysis of Eddy-currents Interaction with a Flaw in a Conductive Plate
H. Bayani, and I. Sasada……105

Fabrication and Characterization of an MR Cantilevers with a Spin-Valve Sensor for Scanning Magnetoresistance Microscope
T. Takezaki, D. Yagisawa, and K. Sueoka……109

Calculation of Characteristics of an Outer-Rotor-Type Multipolar SR Motor for Application to Electric Vehicle
K. Nakamura, Y. Suzuki, H. Goto, and O. Ichinokura……113