IEEE Santa Clara Valley/San Francisco Jt. Section Magnetics Chapter

Pierre-Olivier Jubert of Western Digital will review the design and characterization of media used in heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR). Thursday Apr 2, 2026 6:30–8:00 PM PT Hybrid Meeting Online or at Quadrant San Jose, CA REGISTER Heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) is being introduced in hard disk drives to enable areal densities beyond those achievable with... Read more →

Ian Walker of GMW Associates will review the development of projected-field electromagnets for device testing. Wednesday Mar 11, 2026 6:30–8:00 PM PT Hybrid Meeting Online or at Quadrant San Jose, CA VIEW ONLINE During early development of MRAM devices, there was a need to apply controllable magnetic fields to devices under test while maintaining compatibility... Read more →

Dr. Hendrik Ohldag, Staff Scientist, Spectromicroscopy, Photon Science Operations, Advanced Light Source. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab will describe several examples of how we can use synchrotron radiation to gain insight into materials that are otherwise very difficult or impossible to obtain using lab based methods. I will also describe current efforts to increase sample throughput... Read more →