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THE CENTER FOR MICROMAGNETICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES

FOURTEENTH MINT RESEARCH REVIEW

EE/CSci Building, Room 3-180, University of Minnesota
Friday, October 2, 1998


For more information, please contact with Professor Jack Judy at (612) 625-7381 or judy@ece.umn.edu.

8:15-10:30 AM    THIN FILM MEDIA, HEADS, and TRIBOLOGY      EE/CSci 3-180 


Overview of Thin Film Media, Heads, & Tribology Research Activities      Jack Judy

O01: Increasing Coercivity of CoCrTaPt Media by Interdiffusion of Mn & Cu Overlayers     Wenbin Peng
O02: Experimentally-Determined Distribution of Relaxation Time of Thin Film Media     Cheng Yang
O03: Residual Stress Effects in NiMn Exchange Biased Films     Eric Linville
O04: MOKE Observations of Magnetization Reversal Process in AF-Pinned NiFe Films     Zhenghong Qian
O05: Orientation Effects of NiFe Underlayer on Magnetostriction of Co/Cu/Co Films     Jack Sivertsen
O06: The Role of Defects Within Micromagnetics     Randall Victora




10:45-12:30 PM    SIGNAL PROCESSING                         EE/CSci 3-180 


Overview of Signal Processing Research Activities     Jay Moon

O07: Write Precompensation for MTR Codes     Barrett Brickner
O08: Optimal Bit Aspect Ratio     Jinghuan Chen
O09: Fast Adaptive Equalization     B. Steingrimsson
O10: Asynchronous Read Channel     Travis Oenning
O11: Detection Performance Comparison for Optical Recording     Robin Bansai
O12: An All CMOS MR Head Preamplifier     Jeremy Kuehlwein
O13: High Frequency Amplifier for Measuring Disk Drive Preamplifier Bandwidths     Doug Dean


12:30-2:00 PM    LUNCH  and  POSTER PRESENTATIONS           EE/CSci 3-180


P01: VSM Measurement of Thermal Stability of Thin Film Media (Mrt < 0.5 memu/cm2)     Kaiyan Gao
P02: Modeling of Flux Reversal Time and Its Effects on Magnetic Recording     Jason Jury
P03: Proposed Design and Measurement of a Single-Turn Thin Film Write Head     Anand Gopinath
P04: Reactive-RF Sputtering of Magnetic Garnet Films for Integrated Magneto-Optics     Beth Stadler
P05: Study of Exchange Coupling of RF Sputtered NiFe/NiO, FeMn, and NiMn Bilayers     Zhenghong Qian
P06: Electromigration Testing of GMR Magnetoresistance Thin Film Multilayers     Seongtae Bae
PO7: Research Capabilities of an Ultra-High-Vacuum Multi-Target Co-Sputtering System     Wenbin Peng


2:00-3:30 PM      LABORATORY DEMONSTRATIONS and WINE & CHEESE  EE/CSci 6-146

    
D01: Communications and Data Storage Laboratory     EE/CSci 6-158
D02: Measurement of Thin Film Head Impedance up to 3 GHz Using Network Analyzer     EE/CSci 6-172
D03: MOKE Measurements of Magnetic Properties of Soft and Hard Magnetic Films     EE/CSci 6-142
D04: Spin-Stand Measurement of Recording Amplitude Time Decay of Thin Film Media     EE/CSci 6-138
D05: VSM Measurements of Time Decay of Remanent Moment of Thin Film Media     EE/CSci 6-138
D06: GMR Measurements of NiO, NiMn, and Fe2O3 Exchange-Coupled Spin-Valves     EE/CSci 6-138
D07: Ultra-High-Vacuum (UHV) Multi-Target DC Magnetron Co-Sputtering System     EE/CSci 5-166


4:00-5:00 PM      MINT ADVISORY BOARD MEETING               EE/CSci 4-178


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