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, […]

Guest Comment: Company’s R&D Activities…..K. Yamauchi Reviews: Head Positioning System for High Areal Density Recording…..T. Yamaguchi Spin-Polarized Scanning Electron Microscopy (Spin SEM)…..T. Kohashi and K. Koike Topics: Anisotropy Field and GHz Permeability of Hetero-amorphous Films with High Resistivity…..M. Munakata, M. Yagi, and Y. Shimada First Surface Magneto-Optical Recording…..T. Tanaka, T. Kamimura, and K. Shono Lecture: “Generation and Application of High Magnetic Fields VI” Application to Material Processing…..M. Motokawa New Technologies and New Products: PMM-9G1; The Permeameter to Measure Absolute Values of Complex Permeability Up to 9 GHz…..Y. Miyazawa, K. Kaminishi, M. Yamaguchi, and H. Ando Notice Board Contributed Papers: Magnetic Recording Dependence of Magnetic Contact Duplication Properties on Magnetic Layer […]

Guest Comment: Metal Based Spintronics, Hoping on and Understanding of…..M. Sahashi Reviews Exchange Anisotropy of Ferromagnetic/Antiferromagnetic Bilayers-Magnetic Anisotropy of Antiferromagnetic Layer and Its Role in Exchange Anisotropy-…..M. Tsunoda and M. Takahashi Topics Mn-Delta-Doped GaAs and Its Heterostructures: Ferromagnetic Transition Temperature and Control of Magnetic Properties…..M. Tanaka, A. M. Nazmul, and S. Sugahara High-Density Laser-Assisted Magnetic Recording on TbFeCo Media…..S. Miyanishi Reduction of Contact Recording Head Wear…..Y. Kawakubo and S. Kobatake Lecture “Phenomena Accompanying Magnetism and Their Applications VI” Magnetism and Heat…..M. Inoue and K. Nishimura Notice Board Contributed Papers Fabrication of Three-Dimensional Position-Measurement Sensor Using a Single-Axis Coil…..T. Nagaoka and A. Uchiyama Magnetic Properties of Co Spinel Ferrite Fine Particles […]

2003 Excellent Presentation Award Winners in the Magnetics Society of Japan Guest Comment: Role of International Conferences…..S. Maekawa Reviews Electronic Structures, Magnetic and Electrical Properties of L10-Type Mn Alloys…..R. Y. Umetsu, K. Fukamichi, and A. Sakuma Topics Methodologies for Electromagnetic Field Analysis Using Visualized Field Images…..H. Endo and Y. Saito Diluted Magnetic Semiconductor (Zn, Cr)Te with Room-Temperature Ferromagnetism…..H. Saito, V. Zayets, S. Yamagata, and K. Ando Spin-Valve GMR Heads with Narrow Read Track in CPP Geometry…..M. Saito, N. Hasegawa, Y. Ide, Y. Nishiyama, Y. Hayakawa, M. Ishizone, T. Yamashita, S. Yanagi, and A. Takahashi Lecture “Generation and Application of High Magnetic Fields V” Application to Condensed Matter Physics…..M. Motokawa Notice […]

Guest Comment: Past and Present in Academia-Industry Cooperation…..S. Kikuchi Reviews Seedlayers to Control Microstructures and Magnetic Properties in Magnetic Recording Media…..S. Nakagawa and S. H. Kong Topics Low Temperature Thermomagnetic Printing Method with Pulsed Magnetic Field for Hard Disk…..H. Ikeda Non-reciprocal Directional Dichroism as an Extension of the Magneto-electric Effect…..T. Arima Lecture “Phenomena Accompanying Magnetism and Their Applications V” Magnetism and Electricity…..M. Inoue, T. Fujii, and A. Kajima Contributed Papers Orientation Effect in Melting of Paraffin under the Magnetic Levitation Condition…..K. Takahashi, C. Umeki, I. Mogi, S. Awaji, K. Koyama, M. Motokawa, and K. Watanabe Correlation between Oxidation Process of Al Film for Magnetic Tunnel Junctions and Oxidizing Species in […]