January 11 (Mon)

11-A-00 8:50 Opening Address
G.Sincerbox (Univ. Arizona)

11-A-01 9:00 Optical Background for Near-Field Recording
G.Kino (Stanford Univ., USA)

11-A-02 9:30 High Density Magnetic Recording - Conquer the Ultimate Limit Predictions
Y.Miura (Fujitsu, Japan)

11-A-03 10:00 Progress and Prospects in Magnetic Data Storage
R.L.White (Stanford Univ., USA)

10:20-10:40 Break

11-B-01 10:40 Thermal Stability of Domains in Magneto-Optic Recording Material
M.H.Kryder (Carnegie Mellon Univ., USA)

11-B-02 11:10 MO recording and the Optical Storage roadmap
G.W.R.Leibbrandt (Phillips Research, The Netherlands)

11-B-03 11:30 Holographic Data Storage: Dream or Reality?
H.Coufal (IBM Almaden, USA)

11-B-04 11:50 Photoluminescence Materials and their Potentials for High Density Multi-Layer Recording
S.Esener, *P.M. Rentzepis, *F.K.McCormick and *A.Dvornikov (UCSD,*Call/Recall Inc.,USA)

12:10-14:00 Lunch

11-C-01 Temperature-Induced Changes of Dynamical Processes in Exchange-Coupled Trilayers
H.Le Gall, R.Sbiaa, B.Bechevet*, C.Thannous, J.Gieraltowski (Univ. Brest, *CEA/LETI-MEO, France)

11-C-02 Magneto-Optical Properties of One-Dimensional Photonic Crystals Composed of Magnetic Materials
M.Inoue, K.Arai, M.Abe*, T.Fujii** (Tohoku Univ., *Tokyo Inst. Tech., **Toyohashi Univ. Tech., Japan)

11-C-03 Order Dependent Magneto-Optical Spectroscopy of Co3Pt Alloy Films
G.Lauhoff, Y.Yamada, Y.Itoh, T.Suzuki (Toyota Tech. Inst., Japan)

11-C-04 Magneto-Optical Properties of MBE-Grown CoPt Alloy Films with L10 and L11 Ordered Structure(s)
T.Kato, S.Iwata, Y.Yamashita, T.Kogiso, S.Tsunashima (Nagoya Univ., Japan)

11-C-05 Photoinduced Disaccommodation Spectrum in Ca(0.001)-Doped Yttrium Iron Garnet
K.Hisatake, I.Matsubara, K.Maeda, C.de Francisco*, J.M.Munoz*, O.Alejos*, P.Hernandez*, C.Torres* (Kanagawa Dental College, Japan, Univ. Valladolid, Spain)

11-C-06 Phase Change Data Recording Imaging Using Maxwell Stress Microscopy
D.Saluel, B.BŽchevet, B.Roland, I.Lirzin, M.F.Armand (CEA/LETI, France)

11-C-07 Nonlinear Optical Microscopy of Magnetic Interfaces
V.Kirilyuk, A.Kirilyuk, Th.Rasing (Univ. Nijmegen, The Netherlands)

11-C-08 Novel Nonlinear Magneto-Optical Effects
A.Kirilyuk, Th.Rasing, V.V.Pavlov*, R.V.Pisarev* (Univ. Nijmegen, The Netherlands, *Ioffe Physico-Tech. Inst. the Russian Acad. Sci., Russia)

11-C-09 Nonlinear Optical Diffraction from Periodic Domain Structures in Magnetic Films
N.N.Dadoenkova, I.L.Lyubchanskii, M.I.Lyubchanskii, Th.Rasing* (Donetsk Physical-Tech. Inst. the National Acad. Sci. Ukraine, Ukraine, *Univ. Nijmegen, The Netherlands)

11-C-10 Spin Dynamics in GaAs Studied with Time-Resolved Photo-Induced Nonlinear
Magneto-Optics F.Bentivegna, P.Yvernault, A.V.Petukhov, Th.Rasing (Univ. Nijmegen, The Netherlands)

11-C-11 Surface-Induced Transverse Magneto-Optical Kerr Effect
A.V.Petukhov, A.Kirilyuk, A.Fasolino, Th.Rasing (Univ. Nijmegen, The Netherlands)

11-C-12 Imaging of Sub-100 nm Magnetic Domains in Fe/Gd Multilayers by Magnetic Transmission X-Ray Microscopy
T.Eimueler, R.Kalchgruber, P.Fischer, G.Schuez, P.Guttmann*, G.Schmahl*, M.Koeler**, K.Pruegl**, F.Bammes**, G.Bayreuther** (Univ. Wuerzburg, *Univ. Goettingen, , **Univ. Regensburg, F.R.G.)

11-C-13 Cluster Growth in Cluster Beam Deposition Process by Direct Simulation Monte Carlo
H.Mizuseki, Y.Kawazoe (Tohoku Univ., Japan)

11-C-14 Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropy and Magneto-Optical Kerr Effect in Giant Magnetoresistive Co-Ag Granular Thin Films
Y.J.Chen, T.Suzuki, Y.Itoh, W.Y.Cheung*, H.Sang** (Toyota Tech. Inst., Japan, *The Chinese Univ. Hong Kong, Hong Kong, **Nanjing University, China)

11-C-15 Magneto-Optical and Magnetic Properties of Interfaces in [NiO/Fe2O3]N and [Fe2O3/NiO]N Multilayers
R.Lopusnik, S.Visnovsky, N.Keller*, M.Guyot*, R.Krishnan*, M.Tessier* (Charles Univ., Czech Republic, UVSQ, France)

11-C-16 Magnetization Reversal of Arrays of Micron Sized Dots under the Influence of Dipolar Coupling
T.Aign, J.P. Jamet, P.Meyer, S.Lemerle, J.Ferre, V.Mathet, C.Chappert, J.Gierak*, C.Vieu*, H.Launois* (Univ. Paris-Sud, *Lab. Microstructures et de Microelectronique, France)

Post deadline papers

PD01 Design Concept and Format for a New 3.5h Magneto-Optical Disk System: 1.3 GB GIGAMO
K.Itoh, S.Matsuo*, M.Mihara, A.Takeuchi**, Y.Muto** (Fujitsu Labs, *Yamagata Fujitsu, **Sony RME)

PD02 High Performance Electro-Optic Scanner Based Optical Head Tracking System
J.Zhai, D.D. Stancil, T.E. Schlesinger, S. Schroek, Y. Huang, W. Messner (Carnegie Mellon Univ.)

PD03 MTF calculation of MO readout using solid immersion lens
K.Saito, A.Nakaoki, M. Kaneko (Sony Corp)

15:30-16:00 Coffee Break

18:00-18:30 Snack

11-E-01 18:30 Domain Dynamic Phenomena of Domain Expansion Readout Disk (MAMMOS)
H.Awano, M.Sekine, M.Tani, H.Ido, M.Yoshihiro (Hitachi Maxell, Japan)

11-E-02 18:50 Physics of Domain Wall in Readout Layer of MAMMOS
N.Hayashi, Y.Nakatani, H.Awano*, N.Ohta* (Univ. Electro-Communications, *Hitachi Maxell, Japan)

11-E-03 19:20 Write and Readout Characteristics of MAMMOS Disks
J.-H.Kim, K.-M.Hong, W.-S.Choi, T.-K.Yoo (LG Corporate Inst. Tech., Korea)

11-E-04 19:40 MAMMOS Readout with Magnetic Field Modulation
N.Takagi, H.Awano*, K.Shimazaki*, N.Ohta* (Sanyo Electric, *Hitachi Maxell, Japan)

11-E-05 20:00 Magnetic Expansion Readout with DC Laser and DC Field on an In-Plane MAMMOS Medium
H.Takao, K.Shimazaki, N.Ohta (Hitachi Maxell, Japan)

11-E-06 20:20 Domain Expansion Phenomena in Exchange-Coupled Multilayer Limdow MO Disks T.Tokunaga, Y.Fujii, K.Yamada (Mitsubishi Electric, Japan)

January 12 (Tue)

12-A-01 8:30 Magnetization Reversal Processes in Magnetic Dot Arrays with Perpendicular Anisotropy: Effect of the Dipolar Coupling
J.P.Jamet, T.Aign, P.Meyer,S. Lemerle, J.Ferre, B.Bartenlian, V.Mathet, C.Chappert, J.Gierak*, C.Vieu*, F.Rousseaux*, H.Launois*, H.Bernas (Univ. Paris-Sud, *Lab. Microstructures et de Micro-ectronique, France)

12-A-02 9:00 Magnetic Anisotropy in Magneto-Optical Recording Materials
F.Hellman, A. L.Shapiro, E.N.Abarra, P.W.Rooney, B.B.Maranville, M.Q.Tran (UCSD, USA)

12-A-03 9:30 First Epitaxial Growth of MnBi Films and Characterization
J.Schoenes, K.-U.Harder, T.Legero, D.Menzel, T.Widmer (Tech. Univ. Braunschweig, Germany)

12-A-04 9:50 Domain Structure of Co₃Pt Films
L.Folks, U.Ebels*, R.Sooryakumar*, D.Weller, R.F.C.Farrow(IBM Almaden, *Ohio State Univ., USA)

10:10-10:40 Coffee Break

12-B-01 10:40 Computational Study of the Magneto-Optical Kerr Effect in Artificial FeAu and MnAu and in XAu4 (X=V, Cr, Mn) Compounds
P.M.Oppeneer, O.Eriksson*, P.Ravindran* (Univ. Tech. Dresden, *Uppsala Univ., Germany)

12-B-02 11:10 Dynamic, In situ, Magneto-Optical Studies of Co-Pt Multilayers
R.Atkinson (QueenŐs Univ. Belfast, UK)

12-B-03 11:40 Nonlinear Optical and Magneto-Optical Effects in PtMnSb
M.L.Wears, R.Carey, D.M.Newman (Coventry Univ., UK)

12-B-04 12:00 Structural Anisotropy in Sputter-and Vacuum- Deposited Dy/Fe Multilayers
K.Yano, T.Masaki, Y.Fujiwara*, X.Y.Yu, S.Iwata, S.Tsunashima (Nagoya Univ., *Mie Univ., Japan)

12:20-14:00 Lunch

12-C-01 A New Type of Magneto-optical Card
C.Yang, H.Chen (Univ. Elec. Sci. & Tech. China, P.R.China)

12-C-02 A Method of Evaluation Lifetime of MO Disk
C.Yang, Y.Zhang (Univ. Elec. Sci. & Tech. China, P.R.China)

12-C-03 High SNR Readout Method for Double Layered MO Disk with Single Wavelength Laser Beam
A.Itoh, K.Nakagawa, K.Shimazaki*, M.Yoshihiro*, N.Ohta* (Nihon Univ., *Hitachi Maxell, Japan)

12-C-04 M(Magnetization) and M²Dependent Contributions to Magneto-Optic Effects Observed in PtMnSb Films
R.Carey, D.M.Newman, M.L.Wears (Coventry Univ., UK)

12-C-05 A Matlab-Based PRML Model for Magneto-Optic Recording
S.D.Jepson, P.W.Nutter, C.D.Wright (Univ. Manchester, UK)

12-C-06 Electrostatic Torsion Mirror for Optical Disk Drives
M.Yonezawa, M.Sekimura, K.Uchimaru, N.Uchida, A.Kasahara (Toshiba, Japan)

12-C-07 The Optical and Magneto-Optical Behaviour of Particulate Cobalt Thin Films
R.Carey, D.M.Newman, B.Holmes (Coventry Univ., UK)

12-C-08 Enhancement of Magneto-Optical Effects through Polarized Pt and Pd in TbFeCo/(Pt,Pd) Multilayers
Y.Itoh, T.Suzuki, J.Weissenrieder* (Toyota Tech. Inst., Japan, *Royal Inst. Tech., Sweden)

12-C-09 Magnetic and Magneto-Optical Properties of Strontium Ferrite Films Prepared by Large Area Laser Ablation
B.R.Acharya, Y.Itoh, W.van Drent*, T.Suzuki (Toyota Tech. Inst., Japan, ADET Technologies, USA)

12-C-10 Structure and MCD Effect of Rare-Earth-Transition Metal Amorphous Multilayers
Y.Fujiwara, K.Yano*, T.Masaki*, X.Y.Yu*, S.Tsunashima*, S.Iwata*, M.Masuda (Mie Univ., *Nagoya Univ., Japan)

12-C-11 MnBi Thin Films Prepared by Molecular-beam Epitaxy Technique
R.Hayashi, K.Terayama, T.Ishibashi, K.Sato (Tokyo Univ. Agric. & Tech., Japan)

12-C-12 Magnetic and Magneto-optical Properties of Ordered Phase Fe₅₀Pt₅₀ Alloy Thin Films
H.Kanazawa, T.Suzuki, Y.Itoh, J.Osterman* (Toyota Tech. Inst., Japan, *Royal Inst. Tech., Sweden)

12-C-13 Strain Related Effects on the Structure and Magnetic and Magneto-Optical Properties of Epitaxial (001) Oriented Mn_xPt_1-x (x<0.25)Thin Films
A.Borgschulte, D.Menzel, K.U.Harder, T.Widmer, J.Schoenes (Tech. Univ. Braunschweig, Germany)

12-C-14 Magnetization Reversal Processes in CoNi/Pt multilayers
Q. Meng, J.R. Schuurhuis, J.C. Lodder, P. Meyer*, J.P. Jamet* and J. Ferre* (Univ. Twente, *Univ. Paris-Sud)

12-C-15 Crossing the Sub Micron Chasm - An Automatic MO Head Alignment and Manufacturing System
W. Y. Mok, C. Cheng* (Lifeimaging Technology, *Read-Rite Corp)

Post deadline paper

PD04 Mechanism and readout field margin of Center Aperture Rear Expansion Detection MO media
K. Takahashi, S. Tsunashima* (Tosoh Corp, *Nagoya Univ.)

15:30-16:00 Coffee Break

12-D-01 16:00 Advanced Storage Magnetooptical Disk (AS-MO) System
S.Sumi, A.Takahashi*, T.Watanabe** (Sanyo Electric, *Sharp, **Sony, Japan)

12-D-02 16:30 3.5-Inch MO Disk Using Double-Mask MSR Media
K.Shono, Fujitsu Labs., Japan)

12-D-03 16:50 Feasibility Study of CAD-MSR with 7 GBIT/IN²
Y.Murakami, S.Maeda, A.Takahashi, Y.Tanaka*, T.Watanabe* (Sharp, *Sony, Japan)

12-D-04 17:10 Gd-Layer-Inserted RAD MO Disk for MSR Readout with No Use of External Magnetic Field
M.Furuta (Nikon, Japan)

12-D-05 17:30 Magnetically-Induced Super Resolution for Read Only Memory Disks
M.Birukawa, N.Miyatake*, T.Suzuki (Toyota Tech. Inst., Matsushita Electric, Japan)

12-D-06 17:50 Below ŇOptical Diffraction-LimitedÓ Readout in Erasable Optical Disks
H.-P.D.Shieh, J.-R.Liu, W.-K.Hwang (National Chiao Tung Univ., Taiwan)

20:00 Banquet

January 13 (Wed)

13-A-01 8:30 Recent Advances in Spin-Polarized Scanning Tunneling Specdtroscopy for Imaging of Magnetic Domains
R.Wiesendanger, M.Bode, M.Getzlaff (Univ. Hamburg, Germany)

13-A-02 9:00 Observation of Recorded Marks of MO Disk by Scanning Near Field Magneto-optical Microscope
K.Sato, T.Ishibashi, T.Yoshida, J.Yamamoto, A.Iijima, Y.Mitsuoka*, K.Nakajima* (Tokyo Univ. Agric. & Tech., *Seiko Instruments, Japan)

13-A-03 9:20 Apertureless Magneto-Optical Scanning Tunneling Microscope with High Resolution
H.van Kempen, R.Schad, S.M.Jordan, M.J.P.Stoelinga, M.W.J.Prins*, R.H.M.Groeneveld, H.W.van Kesteren* (Univ. Nijmegen, *Philips Research Labs., The Netherlands)

13-A-04 9:40 Magnetic Domain Imaging with a Transmission X-ray Microscope
P.Fischer, T.Eimueller, G.Schuetz, P.Guttmann*, G.Schmahl*, M.Koehler**, G.Bayreuther** (Univ. Wuerzburg, *Univ. Goettingen, **Univ. Regensburg, Germany)

10:00-10:30 Coffee Break

13-B-01 10:30 Double-Wavelength Readout and Optical Head for Double-Layered MO Disk
K.Nakagawa, A.Itoh, K.Shimzaki*, M.Yoshihiro*, N.Ohta* (Nihon Univ., *Hitachi Maxell, Japan)

13-B-02 10:50 A Method to Design an Integrated MO Head Using a Diffraction Calculation in Biaxial Crystals
N.Nishi, K.Toyota, K.Saito (Sony, Japan)

13-B-03 11:10 A New Perpendicular Magnetic Recording Method with a Magnetic -Optical Common Preformat
H.Saga, H.Nemoto, H.Sukeda, M.Takahashi (Hitachi, Japan)

13-B-04 11:30 High Density Thermomagnetic Recording on Flux Detectable RE-TM Media
H.Nemoto, H.Saga, H.Sukeda, M.Takahashi (Hitachi, Japan)

13-B-05 11:50 New Magnetic Recording Method Using Laser Assisted Read/Write Technologies H.Katayama, S.Sawamura, Y.Ogimoto, K.Kojima, O.Kenji (Sharp, Japan)

12:10-14:00 Lunch

13-C-01 14:00 Thermal Design of High Performance Magneto-Optical Data Storage Films
T.W.McDaniel (Quinta, USA)

13-C-02 14:30 Signal Properties of Near Field Optical Disk Drive Using a Catadioptric Optical System
C.W.Lee (Samsung Electronics, Korea)

13-C-03 15:00 Near-Field Laser Intensity Modulation SIL MO Recording in TbFeCo Magnetooptical Media
A.Chekanov, M.Birukawa, Y.Itoh, T.Suzuki (Toyota Tech. Inst., Japan)

13-C-04 15:20 Optical Tunneling Effect of Solid Immersion Lens for High Density Optical Recording
S.Hasegawa, N.Aoyama, A.Futamata, T.Uchiyama (Fujitsu Labs, Japan)

13-C-05 15:40 Noise Improvement for a High NA MO System
Y.Sabi, Y.Takemoto, K.Aratani, A.Kouchiyama, A.Nakaoki (Sony, Japan)

PD-05 16:00 High Density Optical Recording Head Gimbal Assembly Design and Manugacture
C.C.Cheng, H.Chen, C.He, P.Kawula, J.Wang (Read-Rite Corp. USA)

13-D-00 16:00 Closing Remarks
A.Itoh (Nippon Univ.)