Abstract: Disclosed is a laser device including: a laser light source configured to emit laser light; a phase control unit configured to receive the laser light emitted from the laser light source, to control a spatial phase of a portion of the laser light, to emit the portion of the light as control light, and to emit another portion of the laser light as non-control light; a first optical system configured to irradiate an object with the control light emitted from the phase control unit; a detector configured to detect the non-control light emitted from the phase control unit; a second optical system configured to cause the non-control light emitted from the phase control unit to converge toward a detection surface of the detector.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes plural image holding bodies that are provided for respective colors of toners and hold toner images having the respective colors, an intermediate transfer body onto which the toner images having the respective colors held by the plural image holding bodies are transferred, a waste toner collection unit that collects toners remaining on the intermediate transfer body as a waste toner in a case where the toner images having the respective colors transferred onto the intermediate transfer body are transferred onto a recording material, a waste toner developing unit that uses the waste toner collected by the waste toner collection unit to develop a toner image on an image holding body of the plural image holding bodies or the other image holding body of the plural image holding bodies, and a control unit that performs a control to cause the waste toner developing unit to develop the toner image in a case where a predetermined condition about a ratio of a waste toner having each

Abstract: A laser processing apparatus includes a support unit that supports a wafer including a plurality of functional elements disposed adjacent to each other via a street, an irradiation unit that irradiates the street with laser light, and a control unit that controls the irradiation unit based on information about the streets so that a first region and a second region of the street are simultaneously irradiated with the laser light, and a power of the laser light for removing a surface layer of the street in the first region is higher than a power for removing the surface layer of the street in the first region. The information about the street includes information that a processing threshold value indicating a difficulty of laser processing in the first region is lower than a processing threshold value in the second region.

Abstract: Provided are: a method for producing an immortalized human erythroid progenitor cell line, enabling efficient and stable production of enucleated red blood cells; and a method for producing human enucleated red blood cells from a human erythroid progenitor cell line obtained by the aforementioned production method. An expression cassette capable of inducing expression of HPV-E6/E7 genes in the presence of DOX was introduced into the genomic DNA of blood stem cells. Then, the blood stem cells were cultured in the presence of DOX and a blood growth factor. Thereby, immortalized cell lines of human erythroid progenitor cells were established. Further, it was revealed that culturing the cell lines under a condition where the expression of the HPV-E6/E7 genes was not induced enabled differentiation induction into enucleated red blood cells at a high ratio.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a casing with an air inlet and an air outlet; a plurality of walls that each extend in a direction in which the air inlet is opened, the plurality of walls forming a serpentine ventilation path inside the casing; and an air blower that forms a flow of cooling air, the cooling air flowing from the air inlet to the air outlet through the ventilation path.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium includes a non-magnetic granular layer, and a recording layer provided on the non-magnetic granular layer, wherein the recording layer includes a first granular magnetic layer provided on the non-magnetic granular layer, and a second granular magnetic layer provided on the first granular magnetic layer, and a non-magnetic material magnetically separating metal grains of the non-magnetic granular layer is different from a non-magnetic material magnetically separating magnetic grains of the first granular magnetic layer.

Abstract: Provided are: a method for producing an immortalized human erythroid progenitor cell line, enabling efficient and stable production of enucleated red blood cells; and a method for producing human enucleated red blood cells from a human erythroid progenitor cell line obtained by the aforementioned production method. An expression cassette capable of inducing expression of HPV-E6/E7 genes in the presence of DOX was introduced into the genomic DNA of blood stem cells. Then, the blood stem cells were cultured in the presence of DOX and a blood growth factor. Thereby, immortalized cell lines of human erythroid progenitor cells were established. Further, it was revealed that culturing the cell lines under a condition where the expression of the HPV-E6/E7 genes was not induced enabled differentiation induction into enucleated red blood cells at a high ratio.

Abstract: In video/audio information such as a movie in a mobile terminal connected to a terminal of a seat terminal for a mobile terminal, the video is converted into video data and transmitted to a seat terminal of a front seat via a transmission path. The video data are decoded by a video decoder of the seat terminal of the front seat and displayed on a video display section. Furthermore, audio is listened to by a user via a headphone of the user's own seat.

Abstract: An AV contents viewing and listening system includes a seat terminal apparatus, a compact terminal apparatus, and a display terminal apparatus. The seat terminal apparatus is connected to an AV server that stores AV contents to be distributed including video data and audio data via a transmission path, receives and outputs at least the audio data. A compact terminal apparatus is connected to the seat terminal apparatus via a terminal apparatus transmission path, and receives and displays at least the video data, and a display terminal apparatus receives the video data from the compact terminal apparatus and display the data. The video data is displayed one of by selective changeover between the compact terminal apparatus and the display terminal apparatus, and by simultaneously display on both of the compact terminal apparatus and the display terminal apparatus.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium includes a non-magnetic granular layer, and a recording layer provided on the non-magnetic granular layer, wherein the recording layer includes a first granular magnetic layer provided on the non-magnetic granular layer, and a second granular magnetic layer provided on the first granular magnetic layer, and a non-magnetic material magnetically separating metal grains of the non-magnetic granular layer is different from a non-magnetic material magnetically separating magnetic grains of the first granular magnetic layer.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium includes a nonmagnetic granular layer that has a granular structure in which a plurality of nonmagnetic grains made of a nonmagnetic material are separated from one another by a Cr oxide. The magnetic recording medium further includes a magnetic granular layer that is formed on the nonmagnetic granular layer and has a granular structure in which a plurality of magnetic grains made of a magnetic material are separated from one another by a nonmagnetic material.

Abstract: In video/audio information such as a movie in a mobile terminal connected to a terminal of a seat terminal for a mobile terminal, the video is converted into video data and transmitted to a seat terminal of a front seat via a transmission path. The video data are decoded by a video decoder of the seat terminal of the front seat and displayed on a video display section. Furthermore, audio is listened to by a user via a headphone of the user's own seat.

Abstract: A perpendicular magnetic recording medium includes a substrate, a soft magnetic lining layer formed on the substrate, and a recording layer. The recording layer includes a first recording layer, an auxiliary recording layer, and a second recording layer that are laminated in this sequence. The first and the second recording layers are ferromagnetic layers that have a magnetization easy axis perpendicular to the layers. The auxiliary recording layer includes two or more magnetic particles mutually separated by non-magnetism members, wherein the magnetic particles are arranged approximately perpendicular to the layer and have the magnetization easy axis in a direction slanted with reference to the layer. The auxiliary recording layer is exchange-coupled with the adjoining first recording layer and second recording layer.

Abstract: A perpendicular magnetic recording medium includes: a nonmagnetic substrate; a soft magnetic backing layer formed above the nonmagnetic substrate; a nonmagnetic intermediate layer formed on the soft magnetic backing layer; and a magnetic recording layer formed on the nonmagnetic intermediate layer, the magnetic recording layer including a first ferromagnetic recording layer having perpendicular magnetic anisotropy, a coupling layer formed on the first ferromagnetic recording layer and made of Pd, Pt or alloy of Pd and Pt, and a second ferromagnetic recording layer formed on the coupling layer and having perpendicular magnetic anisotropy.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium includes a nonmagnetic granular layer that has a granular structure in which a plurality of nonmagnetic grains made of a nonmagnetic material are separated from one another by a Cr oxide. The magnetic recording medium further includes a magnetic granular layer that is formed on the nonmagnetic granular layer and has a granular structure in which a plurality of magnetic grains made of a magnetic material are separated from one another by a nonmagnetic material.

Abstract: A disclosed magnetic recording medium includes a substrate; a soft magnetic backing layer disposed on the substrate; an intermediate layer disposed on the soft magnetic backing layer; a first recording layer disposed on the intermediate layer and having perpendicular magnetic anisotropy; an exchange-coupling-energy control layer disposed on the first recording layer and made of a granular material in which oxide is added to metal including ruthenium; and a second recording layer disposed on the exchange-coupling-energy control layer, having perpendicular magnetic anisotropy, and ferromagnetically coupled with the first recording layer via the exchange-coupling-energy control layer.

Abstract: Aspects of the present embodiments are related to manufacturing methods of magnetic recording media. The manufacturing method of a magnetic recording medium includes a step of stacking a soft magnetic backing layer, an intermediate layer, a first recording layer having a perpendicular magnetic anisotropy, an exchange coupling force control layer including ruthenium, and a second recording layer having a perpendicular magnetic anisotropy on a substrate in order. A gas pressure of a process gas when the exchange coupling force control layer is being formed is higher than the gas pressure of the process gas when being normally used.

Abstract: A magnetic recording medium for vertical magnetic recording includes a substrate, and a layer laminated on the substrate, including a first magnetic recording layer made of a granular material, an exchange-coupling-strength control layer, a second magnetic recording layer made of a granular material, and a third magnetic recording layer made of a non-granular material.

Abstract: One aspect of the embodiments utilizes, according to an aspect of the invention, a method of manufacturing a magnetic recording medium, which includes an intermediate layer and a granular magnetic layer as a recording layer sequentially formed on a non-magnetic substrate, includes the steps of forming the intermediate layer and forming the granular magnetic layer. The granular magnetic layer includes a plurality of magnetic particles made of a Co alloy and an oxide magnetically separating the plurality of magnetic particles by a sputtering method using a target. The target includes a Co alloy, one or more first oxides selected from a group of oxides of Si, Ti, Ta, Cr, W, and Nb, and a second oxide composed of a Co oxide.

Abstract: A perpendicular magnetic recording medium, its manufacturing method, and a magnetic storage apparatus including the perpendicular magnetic recording medium are disclosed. The perpendicular magnetic recording medium includes a substrate, a soft magnetic lining layer formed on the substrate, and a recording layer. The recording layer includes a first recording layer, an auxiliary recording layer, and a second recording layer that are laminated in this sequence. The first and the second recording layers are ferromagnetic layers that have a magnetization easy axis perpendicular to the layers. The auxiliary recording layer includes two or more magnetic particles mutually separated by non-magnetism members, wherein the magnetic particles are arranged approximately perpendicular to the layer and have the magnetization easy axis in a direction slanted with reference to the layer. The auxiliary recording layer is exchange-coupled with the adjoining first recording layer and second recording layer.