| Tutorial Overview of Digital Recording Systems | p. 1 |
| Particulate Magnetic Recording Media | p. 25 |
| Modern Hard Disk Media Issues | p. 55 |
| Perpendicular Magnetic Recording | p. 75 |
| Perpendicular Recording Media for Ultra-High-Density Magnetic Recording | p. 103 |
| Patterned Magnetic Thin Films for Ultra High Density Recording | p. 117 |
| Lorentz Imaging of Sub-Micron Patterned Elements | p. 145 |
| Self-Assembled Magnetic Nanostructures: Fe(110) Islands on a Mo(110) Surface | p. 153 |
| Lorentz Transmission Electron Microscopy Investigation of Magnetically Patterned Co/Pt Multilayers | p. 157 |
| Nanoscale Materials for Extremely High Density Recording | p. 163 |
| CoPt Nanoparticles for High Density Magnetic Recording Media | p. 171 |
| A Universal Compact Magneto-Optic Faraday Rotator | p. 177 |
| New Magneto-Optical Recording Media | p. 181 |
| Thermal Stability in Magnetic and Magneto-Optical Recording Media | p. 201 |
| Magnetic Measurement Techniques | p. 225 |
| Magnetic Method for Anisotropy Axis Distribution Analysis | p. 243 |
| The Use of Generalized [Delta]M Plots in the Interaction Field Analysis | p. 247 |
| Magnetism and Microstructure: Imaging Techniques and Structure-Property Correlations in Information Storage Materials | p. 251 |
| In-Situ Observations of Magnetization Reversal Processes of Submicron Square Permalloy Elements Using Lorentz Transmission Electron Microscopy | p. 271 |
| In-Situ Observation of Magnetization Reversal Processes of Structured TMR-Elements with Lorentz Transmission Electron Microscopy | p. 277 |
| New Techniques for Investigation of Magnetic Structures with In-Plane Applied Magnetic Fields in Lorentz TEM | p. 281 |
| Efficient Kerr Microscopy | p. 287 |
| A New Concept in Magnetic Force Microscope Cantilevers | p. 307 |
| Applications of Tip Calibration in Magnetic Force Microscopy (MFM) | p. 313 |
| Regime for Spin-Resonant Computers Using Noise Pulses | p. 317 |
| Introduction to Thermal Activation and High Frequency Dynamics | p. 321 |
| Computational Micromagnetism of Magnetic Structures and Magnetization Processes in Thin Platelets and Small Particles | p. 345 |
| Finite Size Effects in Small Particle Systems | p. 363 |
| Micromagnetic Analysis of the Physical Basis of Vector Preisach-Type Models | p. 369 |
| Micromagnetic Evaluation of the Interactions in Particulate Systems | p. 373 |
| Static and Dynamic Interactions in Fine and Ultrafine Particulate Systems | p. 377 |
| Synthesis of Passivated Cobalt Nanocrystal Arrays with Controlled Size and Shape | p. 381 |
| Magnetization Reversal and Anisotropy in Exchange Coupled Structures | p. 385 |
| Magnetic Aerogels | p. 391 |
| Glassy Features and Surface Effects in Maghemite Nanoparticle Systems | p. 397 |
| Enhancement of Magnetic Properties by Co Substitution in Nd[subscript 3](Fe[subscript 1-x]Co[subscript x])[subscript 27.5] Ti[subscript 1.5](x=0,0.1,0.2,0.3,0.4) Intermetallic Compounds | p. 405 |
| Magnetic Properties of Iron Oxide Nanocomposites | p. 411 |
| Study of Nanostructured Cu-Ferrospinel for Magnetic Storage Media | p. 419 |
| High Speed Switching in Recording Media | p. 425 |
| A Highly Sensitive Spin-Valve Transistor | p. 441 |
| Epitaxial Growth of Iron Nitrides of MBE in the Presence of an Atomic Nitrogen Source | p. 445 |
| An Introduction to Magnetic Recording Heads | p. 449 |
| The Tribology of Flexible Magnetic Recording Media | p. 467 |
| Macro- and Microtribology of Magnetic Rigid Disk Drives | p. 487 |
| Surface Analysis of Media/Head Interactions in Information Storage Systems | p. 497 |
| Modulation and Coding for Digital Magnetic Recording Systems | p. 505 |
| Iterative Equalization and Decoding for Magnetic Recording Channels | p. 519 |
| Exchange-Biased Magnetic Tunnel Junctions Prepared by In-Situ Natural Oxidation | p. 531 |
| XPS Analysis of Thin Insulating Barriers in Magnetic Tunnel Junctions | p. 537 |
| Giant Magnetoresistance of Fe/Cr Superlattices in Wide Frequency Range | p. 541 |
| Enhancement of Coercivity Induced by Film Morphology Changes in Co/Cu Multilayers | p. 545 |
| Laser Irradiation Effects on Microstructure and Magneto-Transport Properties of PLD Co[subscript 0.08]Ag[subscript 0.92] Films | p. 551 |
| Epitaxy and Magnetism of Fe and FeCo on GaAs (001): Growth, Onset of Ferromagnetism and Magnetic Anisotropies | p. 555 |
| Future of Magnetic Recording Systems | p. 559 |
| Hybrid Recording | p. 571 |
| High Density Recording Phase-Change Optical Disk Technology | p. 585 |
| Beyond Magnetic Storage: Atoms and Molecules | p. 599 |
| Author Index | p. 607 |
| Subject Index | p. 609 |
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