Review of Scientific Instruments, 2002, V 73, N 10, October.


REVIEW ARTICLE

Electric probes for plasmas: The link between theory and instrument V. I. Demidov, S. V. Ratynskaia, and K. Rypdal pp. 3409-3439
ARTICLES

OPTICS; ATOMS and MOLECULES; SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTON DETECTORS
Ultrabroadband collection and illumination optics for Raman and photoluminescence spectroscopy in the 200-700 nm wave band Roland K. Appel, Chris D. Dyer, John N. Lockwood, and Andy J. Bell pp. 3440-3448 Frequency stabilization of an extended cavity semiconductor diode laser for chirp cooling J. Morzinski, P. S. Bhatia, and M. S. Shahriar pp. 3449-3453 Automated flexure testing of axially rotated optical fiber gratings B. L. Bachim and T. K. Gaylord pp. 3454-3457 Compact focusing von Hamos spectrometer for quantitative x-ray spectroscopy A. P. Shevelko, Yu. S. Kasyanov, O. F. Yakushev, and L. V. Knight pp. 3458-3463 The design and performance of an x-ray micro-focusing system using differentially deposited elliptical mirrors at the National Synchrotron Light Source J. M. Ablett, C. C. Kao, and A. Lunt pp. 3464-3468 A cryostat for low-temperature spectroscopy of condensable species E. Carrasco, J. M. Castillo, R. Escribano, V. J. Herrero, M. A. Moreno, and J. Rodri'guez pp. 3469-3473
PARTICLE SOURCES, OPTICS and ACCELERATION; PARTICLE DETECTORS
The Torsatron TJ-K, an experiment for the investigation of turbulence in a toroidal low-temperature plasma N. Krause, C. Lechte, J. Sto"ber, U. Stroth, E. Ascasibar, J. Alonso, and S. Niedner pp. 3474-3481
NUCLEAR PHYSICS, FUSION and PLASMAS
Measurements of magnetic field fluctuations using an array of Hall detectors on the TEXTOR tokamak I. Duran, J. Sto"ckel, G. Mank, K. H. Finken, G. Fuchs, and G. Van Oost pp. 3482-3489 Development of a fast valve for mitigating disruptions in tokamaks A. Savtchkov, K. H. Finken, and G. Mank pp. 3490-3493 An on-wafer probe array for measuring two-dimensional ion flux distributions in plasma reactors Tae Won Kim, Saurabh J. Ullal, Vahid Vahedi, and Eray S. Aydil pp. 3494-3499 Momentum flux measuring instrument for neutral and charged particle flows Donald G. Chavers and Franklin R. Chang-Di'az pp. 3500-3507
MICROSCOPY and IMAGING
A low-temperature ultrahigh vacuum scanning force microscope with a split-coil magnet M. Liebmann, A. Schwarz, S. M. Langkat, and R. Wiesendanger pp. 3508-3514 A scanning Hall probe microscope for large area magnetic imaging down to cryogenic temperatures J. K. Gregory, S. J. Bending, and A. Sandhu pp. 3515-3519 Using the scanning probe microscope to measure the effect of relative humidity on sample stiffness J. M. Maxwell and M. G. Huson pp. 3520-3524 Instrumentation for direct, low frequency scanning capacitance microscopy, and analysis of position dependent stray capacitance David T. Lee, J. P. Pelz, and Bharat Bhushan pp. 3525-3533
PARTICLE SOURCES, OPTICS and ACCELERATION; PARTICLE DETECTORS
Surface plasmon resonance sensor based on the measurement of differential phase H. P. Ho, W. W. Lam, and S. Y. Wu pp. 3534-3539
CONDENSED MATTER; MATERIALS
Differential phase-shifting interferometry for in situ surface characterization during solution growth of crystals Nicholas A. Booth, Boris Stanojev, Alexander A. Chernov, and Peter G. Vekilov pp. 3540-3545 Characterization and model of ferroelectrics based on experimental Preisach density Lionel Cima, Eric Laboure, and Paul Muralt pp. 3546-3552 Time domain reflectrometry: Calibration techniques for accurate measurement of the dielectric properties of various materials Elena Pettinelli, Annamaria Cereti, Alessandro Galli, and Francesco Bella pp. 3553-3562 Pulsed inductive microwave magnetometer Anthony B. Kos, Thomas J. Silva, and Pavel Kabos pp. 3563-3569 Multichannel collimator for structural investigation of liquids and amorphous materials at high pressures and temperatures M. Mezouar, P. Faure, W. Crichton, N. Rambert, B. Sitaud, S. Bauchau, and G. Blattmann pp. 3570-3574 Diffusing wave spectroscopy method based on high-speed charge coupled device for nonergodic systems of electrorheological fluids J. Xu, X. Dong, L. F. Zhang, Y. G. Jiang, and L. W. Zhou pp. 3575-3578 A constant-velocity Mo"ssbauer spectrometer with controlled temperature sweep A. Veiga, N. Marti'nez, M. Mayosky, E. Spinelli, P. Mendoza Ze'lis, G. Pasquevich, and F. H. Sa'nchez pp. 3579-3583 Characterization of silicon micro-oscillators by scanning laser vibrometry J. F. Vignola, X. Liu, S. F. Morse, B. H. Houston, J. A. Bucaro, M. H. Marcus, D. M. Photiadis, and L. Sekaric pp. 3584-3588
CHEMISTRY
High temperature fiber optic laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy sensor for analysis of molten alloy constituents Awadhesh K. Rai, Fang Y. Yueh, Jagdish P. Singh, and Hansheng Zhang pp. 3589-3599 Intense pulsed helium droplet beams Mikhail N. Slipchenko, Susumu Kuma, Takamasa Momose, and Andrey F. Vilesov pp. 3600-3605 Universal molecule injector in liquid helium: Pulsed cryogenic doped helium droplet source V. Ghazarian, J. Eloranta, and V. A. Apkarian pp. 3606-3613
BIOLOGY and MEDICINE
An irradiation facility for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy application based on a radio frequency driven D-T neutron source and a new beam shaping assembly Nicola Cerullo, Juan Esposito, Ka Ngo Leung, and Salvatore Custodero pp. 3614-3618
GRAVITY; GEOPHYSICS; ASTRONOMY and ASTROPHYSICS
Development of the imaging system of the balloon-borne gamma-ray telescope Ma'scara Codificada (MASCO) Joa~o Braga, Flavio D'Amico, Thyrso Villela, Jorge Meji'a, Raphael A. Fonseca, and Elisete Rinke pp. 3619-3628 Gas dynamic calibration of a nano-Newton thrust stand Andrew J. Jamison, Andrew D. Ketsdever, and E. P. Muntz pp. 3629-3637
ELECTRONICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC TECHNOLOGY; MICROWAVES
Lightweight, space efficient low-pass radio-frequency interference filter modules for bolometric detectors J. R. Leong, R. S. Bhatia, V. V. Hristov, B. G. Keating, A. E. Lange, and B. J. Philhour pp. 3638-3643 Low voltage, low power, high performance type II current conveyor-based linear current electrometers S. S. Rajput and S. S. Jamuar pp. 3644-3651 Frequency response analysis of a 1:1 transmission line based transformer Akira Homma pp. 3652-3655
THERMOMETRY; THERMAL DIFFUSIVITY; ACOUSTIC; PHOTOTHERMAL and PHOTOACOUSTIC
Fabrication of ruby sensor probe for the fiber-optic thermometer using fluorescence decay H. Aizawa, N. Ohishi, S. Ogawa, T. Katsumata, S. Komuro, T. Morikawa, and E. Toba pp. 3656-3658 A low noise thermometer readout for ruthenium oxide resistors D. J. Fixsen, P. G. A. Mirel, A. Kogut, and M. Seiffert pp. 3659-3663
GENERAL INSTRUMENTS
Reliable method for determination of the velocity of a sinker in a high- pressure falling body type viscometer Cigdem Dindar and Erdogan Kiran pp. 3664-3670 A high accuracy ultrasonic distance measurement system using binary frequency shift-keyed signal and phase detection S. S. Huang, C. F. Huang, K. N. Huang, and M. S. Young pp. 3671-3677 Three-axis lever actuator with flexure hinges for an optical disk system Chang-Soo Han and Soo-Hyun Kim pp. 3678-3686 Wavelength-modulated fiber optic sensor for high precision displacement measurement G. Berkovic, S. Rotter, E. Shafir, W. Scandale, and E. Todesco pp. 3687-3691
NOTES

Imaging transport current distribution in high temperature superconductors using room temperature scanning laser microscope B. E. Klein, S. Seo, C. Kwon, B. H. Park, and Q. X. Jia pp. 3692-3694 Human ear tympanum oscillation recorded using a magnetoresistive sensor M. Sosa, A. A. O. Carneiro, O. Baffa, and J. F. Colafemina pp. 3695-3697 The uncertainty tree: Reducing the uncertainty of uncertainty analysis Jon P. Longtin pp. 3698-3700
ERRATA

"Thermal conductivity measurement from 30 to 750 K: The 3 [omega] method" [Rev. Sci. Instrum. 61, 802 (1990)] David G. Cahill p. 3701