Review

Technology 2003 : Review & Forecast

...................................F. Endou, Y. Tanaka, M. Hayakawa, M. Yumoto, S. Sekine, K. Kimura, K. Yatsui, H. Yamamoto, O. Fujiwara, S. Ishii, & H. Akiyama 1

Paper

Improvement of Microwave Power from a Virtual Cathode Oscillator and its Repetitive Operation Using a Metal Mesh Anode

...................................M. Onoi, M. Yamabuchi, & M. Yatsuzuka 12

Development of Repetitive Virtual Cathode Oscillator

...................................M. Onoi, K. Minami, H. Tanaka, & M. Yatsuzuka 20

Consideration of the Separated Polarization Optical Frequency Domain Reflectometry using Serrodyne Modulation

...................................Y. Shinoda & T. Higo 27

Characteristics of Hollow Cathode Arc Plasma as a Heat Source -Investigation into Melting Mechanism Focusing on Electron Density and Temperature-

...................................H. Nishikawa, T. Maruyama, & T. Ohji 35

Formation of Pulsed Volume Discharges using Hollow Plasma-Cathode

...................................T. Yamanoi, K. Maeda, K. Yasuoka, & S. Ishii 43

Probe Measurement of Residual Plasma of a Magnetically Stabilized High-Current Vacuum Arc

...................................K. Arai, S. Takahashi, O. Morimiya, & Y. Niwa 49

Impulse Parameters Determination using the Moving Average Method for Digitally Measured Lightning Impulse Voltage Record

...................................S. Sato, T. Harada, K. Kaneko, & Y. Tsubouchi 55

Space Charge Distribution for Various Glass Materials under DC Stress

...................................H. Miyake, Y. Ito, Y. Tanaka, T. Takada, & M. Hanai 62

Space Charge Measurement Equipment Which Has Sub-micron Resolution by Laser Induced Pressure Pulse Method

...................................S. Muto, H. Ichikawa, Y. Tanaka, T. Takada, & T. Maeno 70

Percolation Phenomena and Critical Exponent of Dielectric Breakdown Strength of Carbon Black-Polyethylene Composites

...................................T. Tomimura, T. Okamoto, S. Nakamura, & A. Ohshita 76

Development of Non-Oriented Electrical Steel Sheets for Energy Effcient Motor based on Ultra Low Sulfur Technology

Special Issue on the 2002 Annual Conference of Fundamentals and Materials Society, IEE Japan

Special Issue Review

Special Lecture in 2002 Annual Conference of Fundamentals and Materials Society

Nanotechnology and its Future

K. Kitazawa 93

Report of the Symposium in 2002 Annual Conference of Fundamentals and Materials Society The Point of the Accreditation System for Engineering Education of the JABEE

T. Fukao 102

Accreditation Procedure

Y. Sato 105

The Point of Evaluation for Accreditation of Engineering Programs from Evaluator Viewpoint

I. Miki 108

Key Points of Accreditation (From Viewpoints of Program)

N. Takahashi 111

Review

Application of Accelerated Quantum Chemical Molecular Dynamics Method to the Electric and Electronics Engineering

T. Yokosuka, K. Sasata, A. Endou, M. Kubo, & A. Miyamoto 114

Special Issue Paper

Measurement and Monte Carlo Simulation of Electron Transmission Coefficient in Gas Mixtures for Plasma Display Panels

S. Suzuki & H. Itoh 118

Grain-size Dependence of Absorption Characteristics of the Electromagnetic Wave Absorbers of Ferrite-SiO2 Composites

H. Kusunoki, T. Kondo, K. Hiraki, K. Takada, & S. Yoshikado 125

Deposition and Evaluation of YBCO Thin Filmes by the Visible Light Pulsed Laser Ablation Method

A. Yamada & S. Yoshikado 132

The Effects of Addition of Al on Electrical Degradation of ZnO Varistors

Y. Satoi & S. Yoshikado 139

Reduction in Current Consumption of Small DC Motor with Rare-Earth Flexible Bonded Magnets Prepared by Powder Compacting Press and Hot Rolling

F. Yamashita, A. Watanabe, & H. Fukunaga 146

Pseudo-particle Fast Multipole Surface Charge Method using a Triangular Patch with a Variable Interior Control Point

S. Hamada & T. Takuma 153

A Displacement Measurement System using CD Optical Pickups and the Mouse Interface of a Personal Computer

H. Motoyama & N. Hagiwara 161

Paper

Detection of Nitrogen Metastable Molecules by using the Threshold Ionization Mass Spectrometry

S. Matsuda, H. Shimosato, M. Yumoto, & T. Sakai 167

Improvement of NOx Removal by Silent Discharge in Acoustical Standing Wave Field

Y. Ehara, Y. Hiromura, T. Nomura, S. Iwasaki, & T. Ito 173

Effects of Magnetic Field on the Carrier-Density Distribution of Semiconductor Power Device Operated in Pulsed Power Conditions

Y. Matsumoto, T. Aoki, Y. Tamura, S. Ibuka, K. Yasuoka, S. Ishii, M. Yura, & N. Shimizu 179

High Performance Etching of ITO Films by Inductively Coupled Plasma using HI

K. Odagawa, N. Yanagawa, & M. Sadamoto 185

Estimation of Electric Parameters of Thin Electromagnetic Shielding Materials

I. Nagano, Y. Yoshimura, S. Yagitani, H. Yokomoto, T. Tosaka, & T. Nakayabu 192

Letter

Measurement of Urea Concentration in Solution with the Optional Ratio of NH4Cl

O. Shimomura, M. Kobayashi, I. Osada, Y. Muramatsu, & T. Mizota 200

Transient Analysis of Air-Core Coils by Moment Method

Special Issue on 2001 Electromagnetic Theory Symposium (Part 2)

Review

Technology 2003 : Review & Forecast (Part 2)

...................................M. Sekine 207

Manipulation and Measurement of Single DNA Molecules

A. Mizuno 209

Special Issue Paper

An Approximate Technique for Solving the Time-Domain Inverse Scattering Problem of a Stratified Medium

T. Ikeuchi, Y. Sonoda, & T. Kudou 213

Analysis of TM Wave Properties through Sharp Bend in 2-D Air-hole Type Photonic Crystal Waveguide on Uni-axial Anisotropic Substrate by Condensed Node Spatial Network

H. Satoh, N. Yoshida, & Y. Miyanaga 220

Numerical Analysis of Electromagnetic Scattering from 3-D Dielectric Objects Using the Yasuura Method

K. Koba, H. Ikuno, & M. Kawano 226

A Simulation of Near-Field Optics : Optical Waves Through an Aperture in 3D Thick Metallic Screen by Volume Integral Equation Method

K. Tanaka, M. Yan, M. Tanaka 233

Analysis of Diffraction from a Uniaxial Chiral Slab with a Two-Dimensional Array of Patches

M. Asai, J. Yamakita, & H. Wakabayashi 239

Analysis of Scattering from Surface Relief Gratings in Conical Mounting

M. Komatsu, H. Wakabayashi, & J. Yamakita 246

Multiband Single-layer Frequency Selective Surface designed by Optimization Technique

M. Ohira, H. Deguchi, M. Tsuji, & H. Shigesawa 253

The Effective Constitutive Parameters of a Random Medium Containing Small Chiral Spheres

Y. Nanbu, T. Matsuoka, & M. Tateiba 259

Artificial Dielectrics Composed of Metal Strips and Calculation Method of the Permittivity and Permeability

H. Kubo, I. Awai, T. Iribe, A. Sanada, & A. Munir 265

Human Head Modeling for the Design of Handset Antennas at 900 MHz Band

K. Shimomura, A. Hirata, & T. Shiozawa 273

An Application of the FD-TD Method for Analysis of MEMS Structures Using Body Fitted Grid Generation Method with Moving Boundaries

K. Kawano, N. Miura, R. Takahashi, & M. Kuroda 280

Paper

Fast Feedback Control of Plasma Horizontal Position by using DSP and IGBT Inverter

M. Toyoda, Y. Kikuchi, Y. Uesugi, & S. Takamura 285

Relation between Sintering Time and Conduction Behavior in Bi-2223 Superconductor

T. Sato, N. Mori, H. Nakane, S. Yamazaki, S.Yoshizawa, & T. Yamaguchi 294

Extinguished Spherulite and Improved Properties of Polyethylene by use of Lithium Carbonate

S. Yamamoto, C. Kawakami, & Y. Mizuyori 301

Letter

Ozone Production by Irradiation of Intense, Pulsed Relativistic Electron Beam

G. Imada, N. Morishima, & K. Yatsui 315

Review

Why Spherical Tokamak Receives Significant Attention ?

...................................Y. Nagayama 323

Paper

Voltage-time Characteristics and Observation of Discharge Development in SF6

Using Steep-front Square Impulse and Fast Oscillating Impulse Voltages under Quasi-uniform Field Gap

H. Shinkai, H. Goshima, & M. Yashima 329

Influence of Non-Axisymmetric n=1 Toroidal Mode Instabilities on Reconstruction Measurements of Magnetic Surfaces for Compact Torus Plasmas

M.Tsuruda & M. Katsurai 338

High Speed Iris Detection Method for Man-Machine Interface

H. Kashima, H. Hongo, K. Kato, & K. Yamamoto 346

Voltage Gradient of Torch Plasma Forced with High-Speed Crosswind

S. I. Tanaka, A. Ito, Y. Miyashita, & T. Inaba 353

Comparative Study of the Electron Density Profiles in the Compact Torus Plasma Merging Experiments

H. Hayashiya, T. Asaka, & M.Katsurai 357

Characteristics of Ozone Generation using a Micro Hollow Cathode Discharge

Y. Endo, K. Yasuoka, & S. Ishii 364

Controlling Surface Discharge Path in Vacuum by Mechanical Processing on the Insulator Surface

O. Yamamoto, T. Takuma, S. Nagata, & M. Fukuda 370

PBII Sheath Dynamics around a Trench-Shape Workpiece

T. Ikehata, T. Araki, K. Shioya, N. Sato, H. Mase, & K. Yukimura 376

The Effect of Trasition of Valence State of Additives Electrical Degradation of ZnO Varistors

Y. Satoi, T. Ishikawa, T. Kaneyoshi, & S. Yoshikado 383

The Study of Type Wheel as the Impact Type High-speed Computer-printer (The 2nd. Report) The Study of Type Wheel as the Impact Type High-speed Printer for an Improvement and Completion

M. Takamura & J. Kawada 391

Effect of Hydrophobic Groups on the Conduction of Water Cluster

K. Ota, M. Sone, & H. Mitsui 398

Tree Propagation from an Artificially-Simulated Tree Channel and Characteristics of Partial Discharge

H. Kawabata, C.-S. Kim, & T. Mizutani 407

Deposition of Nitrogen Doped Carbon Film by Electrolysis of Methanol-Ammonia Solution

Special Issue on Electrical Dischargein Vacuum and Microelectronics

Special Issue Review

Current Status of Vacuum Microelectronics

...................................S. Kanemaru & M. Nagao 425

Special Issue Paper

Charging and Flashover Characteristics of a Fused Quartz Spacer in Vacuum

...................................O. Yamamoto, S. Nagata, M. Fukuda, T. Harasawa, & T. Takuma 429

An Analysis of the Instability Phenomena of a Low-Current Vacuum Arc for Silver Cathode-A Comparison of Electron Temperature between Probe Measurement and Analysis-

...................................N. Mungkung, K. Arai, O. Morimiya, & T. Kamikawaji 436

Generation of Crowbar Current using the Polarity Effect of the Triggered Vacuum Gaps

A. Sugawara, T. Tanaka, K. Itagaki, H. Abe, T. Zashibo, H. Samaulah, & H. Kitamura 443

Breakdown Characteristics of Vacuum Gaps under Continuous AC Voltage Application and their Improvements by means of Discharge Conditionings

S. Sato, K. Koyama, T. Itotani, & S. Miyamoto 449

Investigation of Time of Flight Method for Impulse Vacuum Arc Plasma

Y. Manabe, T. Yanagidaira, & K. Tsuruta 456

Preliminary Experiments of Cu Interconnect Preparation by Magnetically Transported-Shielded Cathodic Arc Deposition

N. Miyakawa, S. Minamisawa, M. Marunaka, T. Doi, H. Takikawa, & T. Sakakibara 462

Vacuum Electrical Breakdown Characteristics of Oxygen-free Copper Electrodes Processed by Precision Machining in Clean Space

T. Yamamoto, T. Otsuka, Y. Yamano, S. Kobayashi, T. Higo, N. Toge, K. Takata, Y. Higashi, Y. Saito, & N. Hitomi 468

Influence of Changes of Electrode Surface Conditions on Field Emission Characteristics

K. Terui, Y. Yamano, S. Kobayashi, & Y. Saito 475

Paper

Three Dimensional Numerical Analysis on Discharge Properties of Microwave Excited Ring-Dielectric-Line Surface Wave Processing Plasma Device

T. Nakagawa, J. Kim, T. Toba, & M. Katsurai 481

Numerical Simulation of Separating Discharge

M. Kadonaga, T. Katoh, & T. Takahashi 490

AC Partial Discharges Propagating into an Unpenetrated Crack in an Insulator

N. Watanabe & Y. Yamano 498

Relative Permittivity and Conductivity of Water-treed Region in XLPE Estimated by an Equivalent Circuit

T. Ozaki, N. Ito, J. Kawai, & S. Nakamura 506

Air Containing Dicyclopentadiene Polymer Using Ruthenium Catalyst, for UHF Insulating Material

Letter

Dependence of Mocrowave-plasma Density Sustained Below the Resonance on the Thickness of Dielectric Window

Y. Takahashi & S. Kogoshi 519

Fundamental Study about the Landscape Estimation and Analysis by CG

Y. Nakashima, T. Miyagoshi, M. Takamatsu, & K. Sassa 521

Review

Recent Trend of the Synthetic Aperture Radar

S. Uratsuka 527

Paper

Fragmentation of Refuse Circuit Board using Pulsed Power Discharges in Water

H. Nakashi, T. Hirooka, S. Katsuki, & H. Akiyama 531

Improved Efficiency of NOx Decomposition System by Superimposing Multiple Discharge

Y. Ehara, T. Nomura, Y. Baba, Y. Murata, & T. Ito 537

Proof of Principle Experiment on a Control of Ion Flow and Ion Heating during Magnetic Reconnection

Y. Murata & Y. Ono 543

Development of Compact 1 kg/h Coplanar Discharge Ozonizer

...................................Y. Okita, T. Iijima, A. Amano, I. Yamanashi, & T. Murata 548

Proposal of Magnetic Circuit using Magnetic Shielding with Bulk-Type High Tc Superconductors -- Evaluation of Magnetic Circuit using Toroidal Core --

............... K. Fukuoka, M. Hashimoto, M. Tomita, & M. Murakami 554

Effects of Magnetic Field on Surface Dielectric Breakdown of Contaminated Printed Wiring Board

B. Du & S. Kobayashi 562

Magnetostriction and Motor Vibration

F. Ishibashi, S. Noda, S. Yanase, & T. Sasaki 569

Formation and Properties of Nitrogen-rich Phases in Austenitic Stainless Steel by Plasma-based Ion Implantation

T. Hirosaki, Y. Tada, K. Azuma, & M. Yatsuzuka 574

Magnetic Properties of TbCu7-type Sm-Fe-Co-W-Cr System Nitriding Compounds

H. Yamamoto & T. Ooi 581

Temporal Change of Time-Frequency Characteristics of Pressure Waves Due to Growth of an Electrical Tree in Polyethylene

K. Kadowaki, S. Nishimoto, & I. Kitani 587

Curitical Current Properties of a YBCO Coated Conductor in High Magnetic Fields

M. Inoue, T. Kiss, T. Kuga, M. Ishimaru, M. Takeo, T. Matsushita, Y. Iijima, K. Kakimoto, T. Saitoh , S. Awaji, K. Watanabe, & Y. Shiohara 593

Letter

Continuous Measurement of Electric Field Vector Distribution in a Liquid Insulator using Kerr Effect

...................................H. Ihori, K. Hiromoto, M. Fujii & K. Arii 600

Review

Improved Confinement Mode in Reversed-Field Pinch Plasmas

...................................Y. Yagi 605

Paper

Non-Destructive Testing of Structural Materials Using a Scanning Hall-Sensor Microscope -- Influence of Plastic Deformation on Surface Magnetic Fields of Low Carbon Steel SM400B --

...............A. Oota, H. Sakaguchi, T. Sakamoto, & K. Asano 611

Characteristics of Large Volume Discharges in Water using Pulsed Power

H. Nakashi, T. Hirooka, S. Katsuki, & H. Akiyama 618

FDTD Analysis of Effectiveness of Shielding Clothes in Suppressing Electromagnetic Field in Phantom Model

Y. Yoshimura, I. Nagano, S. Yagitani, T. Ueno, & T. Nakayabu 623

Radiant Power Density nuder consideration of Absorption emitted from High Temperature Air mixed with Tungsten Vapor

T. Iwao, Y. Inoue, Y. Yamaguchi, J. Mizuno, & T. Inaba 630

Equilibrium Composition of High-Temperature Argon Contaminated with Fly-Ash Metals in Consideration of Phase Transformation and its Thermodynamic and Transport Properties

T. Matsumura, Y. Yokomizu, T. Watanabe, & K. Ito 637

An Examination on Detection of Minute Fluctuation Signal by Theory of Natural Observation Method

K. Okubo & N. Takeuchi 644

The 3D Shape of the Dendrite by WDT Method

C. Tang, K. Mitobe, & N. Yoshimura 651

Deterioration Diagnosis for Molded Power Transformers by Optical Fiber Sensor

J. Katagiri, Y. Takezawa, & K. Yamanaka 657

Space Charge Characteristics and Electrode Effect in Linear Low-Density Polyethylene

T. Hori, K. Kaneko, T. Mizutani, & M. Ishioka 663

Short-Duration Space Charge Observation in LDPE at the Electrical Breakdown

K. Matsui, Y. Tanaka, T. Takada, T. Fukao, & T. Maeno 669

3-Dimensional Simulated Tree Considering a Composite Insulator Interface

H. Uehara & K. Kudo 676

Breakdown of Polyethylene Film Subjected to Partial Discharge in Air Gap-- Effect of Repetition Rate of Partial Discharge --

...................................Y. Muramoto, S. Hashimoto, N. Hozumi, & M. Nagao 682

Development of Epoxy Resins with Controlled High Order Structures Having Excellent Heat Release Properties

...................................M. Akatsuka, Y. Takezawa, & C. Farren 687

Proposal of Numerical Analysis Model of Acoustic Wave Propagation and Generation on PEA Method

M. Wadamori, M. Fukuma, M. Nagao, Y. Fukui, & T. Maeno 693

Consideration of Space Charge Measurement on 2-layer Dielectric

M. Wadamori, M. Fukuma, M. Nagao, Y. Fukui, & T. Maeno 699

Technical Note

A Fundamental Study of a Wave Absorber at X and V Bands using Carbon Micro-Coils

N. Tomonari, K. Matsumoto, O. Hashimoto, & S. Takaoka 706

Special Issue on Plasma Ion Process and its Recent Applications

Special Issue Review

Recent Researches of Plasma-based Ion Implantation and Deposition in Japan

...................................K. Yukimura 715

Special Issue Paper

Luminance Control of Organic Electroluminescent Device by Plasma Treatment

Y. Hashimoto, T. Sakakibara, M. Hamagaki, M. Isome, & T. Takao 719

Computer Simulation of Plasma Immersion Ion Implantation and Deposition

Y. Miyagawa, M. Tanaka, H. Nakadate, S. Nakao, & S. Miyagawa 724

Surface Evaluation of LiNbO3, LiTaO3 Crystals Etched Using Fluorine System Gas Plasma RIE

T. Fujii & S.Yoshikado 731

Preparation of Elastic DLC Film on Rubber by T-shape Filtered Arc Deposition

H. Takikawa, N. Miyakawa, J. Toshifuji, S. Minamisawa, T. Matsushita, K. Takemura, & T. Sakakibara 738

DLC Coating and Preparation on a Zn-alloy of Low Melting Point by the Hybrid Process of Plasma-Based Ion Implantation and Deposition

Y. Nishimura, K. Tsukamoto, Y. Oka, K. Azuma, E. Fujiwara, & M. Yatsuzuka 744

Paper

Influence of Molecular Structure on Propagation of Positive Streamer Discharge in Dielectric Liquids

Y. Nakao, N. Hamano, T. Naito, Y. Nakagami, R. Shimizu, Y. Sakai, & H. Tagashira 750

Feasibility Study on Estimate Method for Dielectric Location Using Long Distance Parallel Electrode with Additional Electrodes

M. Ohchi, T. Furukawa, & H. Sai 756

Measured Capacitance Change Based on Dielectric Location Using Long Distanse Measurement Electrodes with Additional Arc Electrodes

M. Ohchi & T. Furukawa 763

Consideration of Real-time Computation for Distance and Displacement by Digital Signal Processing using Optical Frequency Modulation

Y. Shinoda & T. Higo 770

Impulse Parameters Determination using Effective Curve Fitting Method

S. Sato, T. Harada, T. Sugihara, & D. Narikane 778

An Equivalent Circuit Modeling of Discharge Current Injected in Contact with an ESD-gun

O. Fujiwara, H. Tanaka, & Y. Yamanaka 784

Development of an Active Cancel System for Cylindrical Magnetic Shields

Y. Umeda, K. Tashiro, & I. Sasada 790

The Application of Novel Polypropylene to the Insulation of Electric Power Cable (2)

Y. Miyashita, T. Demura, A. Ueda, A. Someya, M. Kawahigashi, T. Murakami, Y. Matsuda, K. Kurahashi, & K. Yoshino 797

Discussion of Discriminating Multiple Sources of SEF Overlapping in Time using SVD Method

B- S. Kim & Y. Uchikawa 804

Magnetic Properties of Pr-Fe-Co-W-B System Exchange Spring Magnets

H. Yamamoto & M. Saiki 813

Letter

Properties of PD Degradation/Breakdown in a Micro Gap with an Artificial Void Model

Special Issue on Development and Utilization Technology of Magnetic Materials for Power Apparatus Applications

Review

Synthesis of Novel Materials using Pulsed Power Technology

H. Suematsu, W. Jiang, & K. Yatsui 823

Special Issue Paper

Strain-Magnetization Properties and Domain Structures of Silicon Steel Sheets

A. Notoji, A. Saito, & M. Hayakawa 827

Magnetostriction of Grain-oriented Electrical Steel Sheet under Temperature Gradient

Y. Okazaki, S. Yanase, H. Niwa, & Y. Tani 833

Power Losses in Electrical Steel Sheets at Power Frequency Superimposed with Lower Harmonics

S. Yanase, O. Arai, & Y. Okazaki 839

A Study of the Loss Characteristics of the Amorphous Magnetic Material under the Non-sinusoidal Wave Magnetic Flux

S. Hori, K. Harada, Y. Ishihara, & T. Todaka 845

A Study on Measurement of Magnetostriction of Silicon Steel Sheet with Laser Displacement Meter

M. Hirano, K. Harada, Y. Ishihara, T. Todaka, & K. Fujiwara 851

The Effect of Short Circuit between Laminated Steel Sheets on the Performance of Lamination Core of Motor

C. Kaido, H. Mogi, & K. Hanzawa 857

Circuit Conditions for Measurement of Magnetic Properties Considering Nonlinearity

K. Shinya & K. Saitoh 863

Paper

Monte Carlo Simulation of an Ar RF Parallel Plate Discharge Plasma Employing LPWS

I. Horie, T. Suzuki, Y. Ohmori, K. Kitamori, & K. Maruyama 869

Deposition of Boron Carbide Powder by a Pulsed High Current Arc Plasma

J. Kitamura & S. Usuba 878

Effect of Circuit Inductance on Ceramics Joining by Titanium Foil Explosion

Y. Takada, K. Takaki, M. Itagaki, S. Mukaigawa, T. Fujiwara,

S. Ohshima, I. Takahashi, & T. Kuwashima 884

A Method of Reducing Fluctuations of Lamp Power in a Continuous Dimmer Circuit for High-Pressure Mercury Discharge Lamps

M. Kurozumi, T. Iemura, H. Wasimiya, & M. Iemura 891

Decomposition of Benzene by Barrier Discharge in N2 at Low Concentrations of O2

N. Goto, H. Kurimoto, S. Kudo, & Y. Watanabe 900

An Analog Harmonic Analyzing Meter using Phase Locked Loop

I. Yamamoto, H. Mori, K. Matsui, K. Tsuboi, M. Hasegawa, & F. Ueda 907

Spark Voltage Dependence of Magnetic Fields Due to Electrostatic Discharge

H. Seko, O. Fujiwara, & Y. Yamanaka 914

Measurement of OH Radicals in Pulsed Corona and Pulsed Dieletric Barrier Discharge

R. Ono & T. Oda 920

Increase in Breakdown Strength of PE Film by Addition of Polycyclic Compound

Y. Yamano & M. Ishigaki 926

The Relation of the 3D Shape of the Short-Circuit Current and a Dendrite to a Copper Printed Wiring Board by the WDT Method

C. Tang, K. Mitobe, & N. Yoshimura 932

Consideration of Growth Mechanism of Diamond Thin Films by Pulsed Laser Deposition

T. Hara, T. Yoshitake, T. Nishiyama, & K. Nagayama 939

Letter

Decomposition of Organic Contaminants in Water by Barrier Discharge in Atomized Water in Oxygen

S. Mitamura, Y. Nakagawa, & Y. Fujiwara 945

Y. Itakura, T. Idehara, & Y. Yasuoka 949

Development of Short-Wavelength Far-Infrared Lasers and Measurement of Optical Constants

K. Nakayama, H. Tazawa, S. Okajima, K. Kawahata, K. Tanaka, T. Tokuzawa, & Y. Ito 955

Slot Antenna Coupled Thin-Film Warm Carrier Far-Infrared Radiation Detectors

Y. Yasuoka & K. Suzuki 962

Development of a Compact Free Electron Maser

N. Ohigashi & Y. Tsunawaki 968

Development of Cryogenic Readout Electronics for Sensitive Far-Infrared Detectors

T. Watabe, H. Shibai, T. Hirao, H. Nagata, Y. Hibi, M. Kawada, T. Nakagawa, & M. Noda 976

Development of High Power Radiation Source (Gyrotrons) in Far-Infrared Range and their Applications to New Far-Infrared Technologies

T. Idehara, I. Ogawa, S. Mitsudo, & H. Hoshizuki 983

Development of High Harmonic Gyrotrons Using a Permanent Magnet System

T. Idehara, I. Ogawa, K. Ohashi, & Y. Iwata 989

Transmission Properties of 2-dimensional Photonic Crystals with a Hole Array in the Terahertz Region

F. Miyamaru, T. Kondo, T. Nagashima, & M. Hangyo 995

Numerical Calculations of Metal Foil Induction Heating and Analysis of Edge Bake Phenomena

S. Obata & H. Tomita 1002

Influence of the Groove on Barrier Surface on Creeping Discharge Characteristics in N2 Gas under ?s Pulse Voltage

H. Ueno, T. Kawano, N. Sakamoto, & H. Nakayama 1010

A Study on Electromagnetic Distribution Evaluation using Monotonous Type Wave Absorber in Compact Anechonic Box

T. Hashimoto, T. Ando, T. Ohira, & O. Hashimoto 1017

Study of the Quantitative Estimation Method of Voltage-time Characteristics for High-frequency Oscillating Impulse Voltage in SF6 under Quasi-Uniform Field Gap -Based on Optical Observation Result of Negative Polarity Discharge Development Process --

...................................H. Shinkai, H. Goshima, & M. Yashima 1023

Effect of Oxygen Injection and HC Addition on NO Removability of Ozone Injection Method

...................................K. Sano & Y. Yoshioka 1030

Research of an Automatic Control Method of NO Removal System by Silent Discharge

K. Kimura, K. Hayashi, & Y. Yoshioka 1037

Space Charge Formation and Electric Breakdown with EVA Film at Room Temperature Region

Y. Murakami, H. Matsumura, N. Hozumi, M. Nagao, S. Mitsumoto, & M. Fukuma 1045

Surface Charge Measurement on Solid Dielectrics with an Electrostatic Probe

A. Tatematsu, K. Aoki, S. Hamada, T. Uemura, & T. Takuma 1051

Shielding Effect of DC Magnetic Field of Magnetically Shielded Rooms

....................K. Yamazaki, K. Fujiwara, K. Ashiho, & N. Takahashi 1058

Consideration of Space Charge Measurement on Metal-Polymer Laminate Materials

...................................M. Wadamori, M. Fukuma, M. Nagao, Y. Fukui, & T. Maeno 1065

Paper

Oxygen Radical Density Measurement in O2-N2 Mixture Gas Plasma by means of a Platinum Thin Wire

N. Haraki, S. Nakano, S. Ono, & S. Teii 1075

Modeling of Electromagnetic Environment Inside a Factory Building via Finite Difference Time Domain Method

M. Cho, Y. Ohtani, & K. Hayashi 1081

Electrostatic Fluctuation Measurements in the Periphery of a Reversed Field Pinch Plasma

K. Yambe, S. Maki, H. Arimoto, & K. Sato 1094

Numerical Analysis of Induced Current in Human Head Exposed to Nonuniform Magnetic Field Including Harmonics

H. Tarao, N. Hayashi, & K. Isaka 1100

Dependence on Vacuum Pressure for Tribological Properties of Ti, TiO2 and TiN Thin Film

M. Sasaki, I. Nakamura, I. Takano, & Y. Sawada 1108

Synthesis and Characterization of Pyrolytic Graphite from Heat-treated Polyimide

N. Nishiki, H. Take, M. Murakami, S. Yoshimura, & K. Yoshino 1115

An Experimental Study on Residual Insulation Life Diagnosis of Low Voltage Rotating Machines for Elevator Equipments by an Expert System

R. Ohyama, N. Yamada, & T. Konno 1124

Surge Endurance Characteristics between Foil Conductors on Printed Wiring Board

Y. Yamano & Y. Takaoka 1130

Initial Deposition Process of Polypyrrole on the Positively Charged Substrates by In Situ Polymerization Method

A. Shinkuma, K. Tada, & M. Onoda 1136

Letter

Evaluation of Visual Characteristic in Dense Fog using Landolt Ring

T. Yamaguchi, M. Takamatsu, & Y. Nakashima 1141

Analysis of the Ballooning Modes in High-ST with Magnetic Fluctuation Measurement

...................................K. Umeda & Y. Ono 1143

Special Issue on 2002 Electromagnetic Theory Symposium

Report of 2003 Annual Conference of Fundamentals and Materials Society, IEEJ

K. Yatsui & Y. Ohki 1147

Special Issue Review

Special Issue on 2002 Electromagnetic Theory Symposium

M. Hayakawa, M. Matsumoto, & T. Yamasaki 1149

Special Issue Paper

Numerical Analysis of Lamellar Grating Type Three-Dimensional Optical Waveguide with Periodic Structure, Using Fourier Series Expansion Method

M. Momoda, T. Miyamoto, & K. Yasumoto 1151

Global Signal Classification of ULF Geomagnetic Field Variations Using Interstation Transfer Function

M. Harada, K. Hattori, & N. Isezaki 1159

Characteristics of the Optical Resonator Composed of the Nonlinear Directional Coupler

K. Kishioka 1166

Comb-line Filter Consisting of Composite Resonators Composed of Sections of Coplanar Waveguide and Microstrip

K. Yoshida, T. Kitamura, & M. Geshiro 1174

A CPW-based Band-Elimination Filter Using a Patch of Conductor

S. Watanabe, T. Kitamura, & M. Geshiro 1180

Elimination of Fictitious Penetrating Rays from PO and Hybridization with AFIM

T. Shijo & M. Ando 1185

Analysis of Wave Scattering from Three Layers of Random Medium by Using a Radiative Transfer Equation

T. Matsuoka & M. Tateiba 1193

Analysis of Directional Coupler Composed of Two Rectangular Waveguides

M. Tomita & Y. Karasawa 1199

Paper

A Calligraphy Mastering Support System Using Virtual Reality Technology and its Learning Effects

N. Muranaka, T. Yamamoto, & S. Imanishi 1206

Measurement of Charge Absorption by Arc Plasma on Solar Array Surface in GEO Plasma Environment

T. Matsumoto, Y. Shikata, K. Toyoda, & M. Cho 1217

Optimum Number of Display Colors and their Chromaticity Regions for LED Traffic Information Board

S. Nakajima, S. Tsuri, Y. Nakashima, & M. Takamatsu 1227

On the Nonlinear Dielectric Properties of Yeast Cells

-Discussion from the Cases in which the Cells were Near and Away from the Electrodes-

...................................T. Inuishi, M. Muraji, & H. Tsujimoto 1235

FDTD Simulations of Wave Guide Mode Discharges and Dependence of Absorbed Energy on the Permittivity of a Dielectric Window in this Region

Y. Takahashi & S. Kogoshi 1240

Experiments of Discharge Guiding using Strongly and Weakly Ionized Plasma Channel produced by KrF Laser

Y. Shimada, S. Uchida, Z. Kawasaki, T. Yamanaka, Y. Takagi, Y. Furuoka, & C. Yamanaka 1246

Modeling of Dielectric Barrier Discharges in Xe/O2 Gas Mixture-Influence of O2 Gas Addition on Xe Barrier Discharge Properties-

...................................A. Oda & T. Kimura 1253

Letter

Experimental Analysis of the Fast Magnetic Reconnection with the Current Sheet Ejection

...................................D. Hirota, Y. Ono, & K. Arimoto 1259