TMRC 2025
Sendai, Japan
28th-30th July, 2025


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Invited Speaker Program


Monday 28th July, am: Heat assisted magnetic recording (HAMR)

A1 Laser power optimization effect on jitter and write width in HAMR C. Keener
A2 Shingled magnetic recording using HAMR technology Y. Tomoda
A3 Thermal footprint measurements for heat assisted magnetic recording P. O. Jubert
A4 Thermal spin-torque heat-assisted magnetic recording S. Isogami
A5 HAMR absorbing carbonaceous smear combustion kinetics in different oxygen environment T. Trinh
A6 HAMR ADC CMR and SMR with MSMR-2R/3R gain: linear density vs. trackpitch S. Granz
A7 Measured and modeled responses for heat assisted magnetic recording up to ultra-high areal densities R. Wood


Monday 28th July, pm: Heads and media

B1 Anisotropic spin exchange modeling and Curie temperature dispersion in L10-FePt nanoparticles for HAMR media K. Ochiai
B2 The impact of in-plane grains on HAMR performance and THMap metrics N. Natekar
B3 Phase-field study of microstructure formation of FePt-C nanogranular film for heat-assisted magnetic recording media Y. Matsuoka
B4 Domain-wall induced noise reduction in an exchange-coupled HAMR multilayer media model L. Xu
B5 Determination of coupling state in a dual-FGL STO using injection locking Y. Nakagawa
B6 Near field transducer reliability improvements due to media stack M. A. Bashir
B7 An ionic liquid (IL)-based media lube for hard disc drives (HDDs) L. Li


Tueday 29th July, am: Advanced systems, sensors, and alternative storage

C1 Vector recording: advancing areal density in HAMR with innovative read head design R. Victora
C2 Pushing the limits of areal density: fusing advanced channel coding, HAMR, and SMR in next-generation HDDs J. Goode
C3 Efficient multidimensional signal processing scheme for heated-dot magnetic recording with triple-layered bit patterned media H. Saito
C4 64 channel tape recording R. Biskeborn
C5 The viability of single pass three level recording in HAMR J. Zhu
C6 Development of Co-Mn-Al thin films with giant anomalous Hall effect towards read head applications M. K. Manikketh
C7 Large magnetoresistance and high spin-transfer torque obtained in CPP-GMR devices with Heusler alloy electrodes through high-throughput compositional optimization V. Barwal


Tuesday 29th July, pm: Neuromorphic computing, devices for AI

D1 Probabilistic and analog spintronic devices for energy-efficient AI hardware S. Fukami
D2 Scalable and energy-efficient on-device SNNs enabled by magnetic tunnel junctions S. Li
D3 Self-regulated spintronic long short-term memory for spiking neural networks C-H. Lai
D4 A magnetic Hopfield neural network capable of self-learning W. Yu
D5 Spintronic foundation cells for large-scale integration Q. Shao
D6 Toward all-electric non-volatile intelligence in spintronic reservoir Z. Jing
D7 Noise-aware training of dynamical physical neural networks of spintronic nanodevices M. O. A. Ellis


Wednesday 30th July, am: Spintronics I - STT MRAM, new switching mechanisms

E1 Advanced magnetic tunnel junctions for voltage-controlled MRAM S. Yuasa
E2 Demonstration of reliable memory operation in the world’s smallest 1 Selector-1 MTJ cell K. Sugiura
E3 TEL PVD technology for spintronic devices C-M. Park
E4 Magnetic ordered alloy based free layer materials for high-speed writing of MRAM devices with high retention M. Gottwald
E5 Voltage control of interfacial antiferromagnetic spins based on magnetoelectric effect Y. Shiratsuchi
E6 Nanoelectromechanical spin memory: a scalable and energy-efficient hybrid for next-generation nonvolatile storage J. Hong
E7 Strain control of spintronic devices V. Lomakin


Wednesday 30th July, pm: Spintronics II - SOT MRAM, racetrack memory

F1 Towards field-free and ultra-low power spintronic devices: leveraging altermagnetism and orbitronics R. Maddu
F2 From antiferromagnet to altermagnet: the controllable spin source for MRAM C. Song
F3 Fully field-free spin-orbit torque switching induced by spin splitting effect in altermagnetic RuO2 Y. Xu
F4 Energy efficient spin-orbit-torque devices for memory and computing by new materials, new physics and voltage control J-P. Wang
F5 Ultra-high efficiency of SOT-MRAMs using MTJs with strain-induced magnetic anisotropy H. Yoda
F6 Magnetic skyrmion transport in racetracks: toward the realization of skyrmion racetrack memory S. Yang


Poster Program



Monday 28th July

P1-1 Three-track detection using a multi-layer perceptron for dual-layer bit-patterned magnetic recording systems C. Warisarn
P1-2 Layered magnetization reversal by multi-head writing in three-dimensional magnetic recording Y. Jian
P1-3 Interference mitigation via top-layer-assisted signal rescaling in dual-layer 3D magnetic recording K. Luo
P1-4 AI-based layout optimization of HDDs in full-rack heterogeneous server and storage systems Y-J. Liao
P1-5 Write current control based on THMap in HAMR A. Sakoguchi
P1-6 Improvement of dual-layer HAMR recording conditions using SMR Y. Nakamura
P1-7 Crystal orientation improvement by carbon addition for FePt-oxide granular films for heat assisted magnetic recording media K. K. Tham
P1-8 Heat assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) smear characterization by using head-disk interface (HDI) sensor W. Zhao
P1-9 In-plane component suppression and Ku enhancement of FePt-oxide granular films by using (Pt, Ag)-C/ FePtCu-C stacked granular buffer layers D. Miyazaki
P1-10 Experimental study on ternary recording possibility in heat assisted magnetic recording T. Nakagawa
P1-11 Effect of diffusion stopper layer on surface morphology of MgO underlayer of L10-FePt granular layer for HAMR D. Isurugi
P1-12 Dark-laser-heating (DLH) using ultra-fast laser pulsing for mode hop mitigation in heat assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) S. Rajauria
P1-13 High-density L10-FePt grains on an electrically conductive (Mg,Ti)O underlayer for HAMR media. A. R. Dilipan
P1-14 Optimized multi-level heat assisted magnetic recording media with Mo spacer layer for high-capacity data storage S. Helen
P1-15 Patterned tape head air bearing surface development K. Kuroki
P1-16 Magnetic properties and microstructure of FePt (BN/AlN, Ag, C) film J-L. Tsai
P1-17 Effect of MgTiO/Pt-BN/MgTiO underlayer on FePt-X grain size and distributions V. Bollapragada
P1-18 Utilizing the transversal encoder with modified PRML detection for dual-layer magnetic recording A. Khametong
P1-19 Inter-layer interference (ILI) suppression in dual-layer bit-patterned magnetic recording systems N. Rueangnetr
P1-20 A study on the fitness of GA for improving SP decoding performance M. Nishikawa

Tuesday 29th July

P2-1 A high-speed and high-reliable fully digital STT-MRAM based computing-in-memory for binary neural network Y-C. Wang
P2-2 Study on correlation between TMR and exchange bias in MTJs for STT-MRAM applications S. Seo
P2-3 Multi-bit magnetic memory using magnetic multilayer pillars with two-terminal structure S. Honda
P2-4 Ensemble learning for STT-MRAM channel detection C. D. Nguyen
P2-5 Anisotropic exchange stiffness of perpendicularly magnetized Co/Pt multilayer thin film W. Won
P2-6 Multi-bit magnetic memory based on a vertically magnetized pillar on two perpendicularly magnetized pinning layers S. Honda
P2-7 NIST SP 800-90B compliant perpendicular magnetic tunnel junction based true random number generator Q. Jia
P2-8 Topological heterostructure engineering toward advanced read head technologies for hard disk drives Z. Wen
P2-9 Magnetization reversal cluster size under microwave field excitation N. Kikuchi
P2-10 Impact of metal, oxide, and hybrid metal-oxide interlayers on spin-Hall effect in BiSb topological insulator and magnetic interfaces Z. Ruixian
P2-11 Optical control of RKKY coupling and perpendicular magnetic anisotropy in a synthetic antiferromagnet J. Wu
P2-12 Complex magnetism, Griffiths-like phase, large spontaneous and conventional exchange bias effect in Eu2CoMnO6 A. Nayak
P2-13 Depinning of domain walls in a notched ferromagnetic nanostrip: role of inertial and nonlinear damping effects S. Dolui
P2-14 Damping modification in epitaxially grown continuous L10-FePt thin films with different substrates Y. Sasaki
P2-15 Giant bipolar unidirectional photomagnetoresistance Y. Jiang
P2-16 Interface design for concurrent realization of high perpendicular magnetic anisotropy and low magnetic damping in Fe/MgO Y. N. Apriati
P2-17 Effect of excimer laser annealing on crystallization and atomic ordering of Co2Mn0.5Fe0.5Ge Heusler alloy thin films toward spintronic applications H. Suto
P2-18 Proposal and micromagnetic validation of bipolar switching in voltage-controlled MRAM devices M. Al-Mahdawi
P2-19 Exploring skyrmion deformation in antiferromagnetic systems: a pathway to next-generation memory devices X. Wang