Preface:?…M. Takahashi Guest Comment: Iron, the Miracle Metal……S. Sawada Review Articles on Advanced Sensing Technology of Magnetism…K. Nakagawa, H. Saito, T. Mitsuzuka, and S. Yamada Review: Advanced Techniques for Three-dimensional Observation and Elemental/Chemical-bonding-state Mapping of Fine Structures Using Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope…H. Kakibayashi, M. Iwaki, M. Koguchi, and K. Kaji Current State of Analytical Electron Microscopy in Materials Science…T. Oikawa Application of Three-dimensional Atom Probe to Thin Film Analysis…K. Hono, T. Ohkubo, and Y. K. Takahashi Analysis of Magnetic Flux Information Using Electron Holography…A. Tonomura Lecture: Environmental Magnetic Noise and Magnetic Shielding I Fluctuation of Magnetic Fields Due to Electric Railcars…K. Yamazaki, and K. Kobayashi Notice Board Contributed Papers: Magnetic […]

Guest Comment: On the Stable Supply of Electronic Materials…T. Ohhashi Topics: Radially Anisotropic Rare-Earth Bonded Magnets Prepared by a Self-Organization Technique and Their Properties…F. Yamashita Spin Accumulation and Hall Effect Measured in Non-local Configuration…T. Kimura, J. Hamrle, and Y. Otani High-Acceleration Linear Motor, “Tunnel Actuator”…H.-J. Kim, J. Nakatsugawa, K. Sakai, and H. Shibata Lecture: Electromagnetic Compatibility and Applied Magnetics V-Prospects of the Future Application-…S. Tanabe Notice Board Contributed Papers: Magnetic Recording Influence of the Spacing between Master and Slave Media on Magnetic Contact Duplication Characteristics…R. Sugita, T. Komine, T. Muranoi, M. Nishikawa, T. Yasunaga, and M. Nagao Dependence of the Bottom Recording Layer Coercive Force on the R/W Characteristics of […]

Guest Comment: Past and Present in Magnetic Disk Media……S. Ishida Review: Electromagnetic Compatibility and Power Line Communication……S. Tomita Topics: Electrodeposition of Soft Magnetic Thin Films with High Saturation Magnetic Flux Density……T. Osaka, and T. Yokoshima Development of an Isolator with Low Height……S. Yamamoto, K. Oshiro, H. Kurisu, M. Matsuura, H. Mikami, and S. Fujii Ordering Process and Size Effect of FePt Magnetic Thin Films……Y. K. Takahashi, and K. Hono Lecture: Introduction to Basic Magnetism through Experiments VI……T. Mizoguchi Notice Board Contributed Papers: Magnetic Recording A Study of Erasure Error Correction for a PRML System……Y. Okamoto, J. Ohtsubo, H. Osawa, Y. Nakamura, H. Muraoka, and Y. Nakamura Hard Magnetic Materials Anisotropy […]

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 […]