Review of Scientific Instruments, 2000, V 71, N 11.


REVIEW ARTICLE

Photodetachment diagnostic techniques for measuring negative ion densities and temperatures in plasmas M. Bacal pp. 3981-4006
ARTICLES

OPTICS; ATOMS and MOLECULES; SPECTROSCOPY
An image plate chamber for x-ray diffraction experiments in Debye-Scherrer geometry Oliver Stachs, Thomas Gerber, and Valeri Petkov pp. 4007-4009 Electrically induced Bragg-diffraction grating composed of periodically inverted domains in lithium niobate crystals and its application devices Masahiro Yamada pp. 4010-4016 Erbium/ytterbium fluorescence based fiber optic temperature sensor system T. Sun, Z. Y. Zhang, and K. T. V. Grattan pp. 4017-4022 A broadly tunable extreme ultraviolet laser source with a 0.008 cm-1 bandwidth U. Hollenstein, H. Palm, and F. Merkt pp. 4023-4028 Improved external cavity design for cesium D1 (894 nm) diode laser A. Andalkar, S. K. Lamoreaux, and R. B. Warrington pp. 4029-4031 A sub-Doppler resolution double resonance molecular beam infrared spectrometer operating at chemically relevant energies (~2 eV) H. K. Srivastava, A. Conjusteau, H. Mabuchi, A. Callegari, K. K. Lehmann, and G. Scoles pp. 4032-4038 A high-power picosecond near-infrared laser transmitter module Sergey N. Vainshtein, Andrey V. Maslevtsov, Ari J. Kilpelä, and Juha T. Kostamovaara pp. 4039-4044 An externally controlled, nanosecond-pulsed, Xe lamp using a high voltage semiconductor switch Tetsuo Iwata, Toshiki Tanaka, Toshiyuki Komatsu, and Tsutomu Araki pp. 4045-4049 Picosecond infrared optical parametric amplifier for nonlinear interface spectroscopy D. Bodlaki and E. Borguet pp. 4050-4056 Design and implementation of a rapid-mixer flow cell for time-resolved infrared microspectroscopy Nebojsa S. Marinkovic, Aleksandar R. Adzic, Michael Sullivan, Kevin Kovacs, Lisa M. Miller, Denis L. Rousseau, Syun-Ru Yeh, and Mark R. Chance pp. 4057-4060 Supercritical-fluid cell with device of variable optical path length giving fringe-free terahertz spectra Ken-ichi Saitow, Keiko Nishikawa, Hideyuki Ohtake, Nobuhiko Sarukura, Hiroshi Miyagi, Yuji Shimokawa, Hitoshi Matsuo, and Keisuke Tominaga pp. 4061-4064 Large area flat crystal x-ray spectrometer with high integrated intensity for an electron beam ion trap Nobuyuki Nakamura pp. 4065-4069 A triply differentially pumped supersonic beam target for high-resolution collision studies S. Götte, A. Gopalan, J. Bömmels, M.-W. Ruf, and H. Hotop pp. 4070-4077 Development of a Fourier-transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometer-ion mobility spectrometer Brian K. Bluhm, Kent J. Gillig, and David H. Russell pp. 4078-4086 A trochoidal analyzer to measure the electron beam energy distribution in a traveling wave tube D. Guyomarc'h and F. Doveil pp. 4087-4091
NUCLEAR PHYSICS, FUSION and PLASMAS
Fast magnetic fluctuation diagnostics for Alfvén eigenmode and magnetohydrodynamics studies at the Joint European Torus R. F. Heeter, A. F. Fasoli, S. Ali-Arshad, and J. M. Moret pp. 4092-4106 Omegatron ion mass spectrometer for the Alcator C-mod tokamak R. Nachtrieb, B. LaBombard, and E. Thomas, Jr. pp. 4107-4118 The "Compact Toroid Injection Experiment" tomographic imaging system S. D. Terry, D. Q. Hwang, H. S. McLean, R. D. Horton, R. W. Evans, and K. L. Baker pp. 4119-4126 A source with ion extraction from the plasma volume B. N. Makov pp. 4127-4130 Development of a high-speed, reciprocating electrostatic probe system for Hall thruster interrogation James M. Haas, Alec D. Gallimore, Keith McFall, and Greg Spanjers pp. 4131-4138 Chemical vapor deposition diamond window as vacuum and tritium confinement barrier for fusion application K. Takahashi, K. Sakamoto, A. Kasugai, T. Imai, J. R. Brandon, and R.S. Sussmann pp. 4139-4143
MICROSCOPY and IMAGING
Ultrafast charge division imaging detector Alan Liu, Brian Woo, and Robert W. Odom pp. 4144-4148 A simple approach for calibrating solid-state imaging systems Fred W. Leslie, Soyoung S. Cha, and Narayanan Ramachandran pp. 4149-4154 Microscopic lock-in thermography investigation of leakage sites in integrated circuits O. Breitenstein, M. Langenkamp, F. Altmann, D. Katzer, A. Lindner, and H. Eggers pp. 4155-4160 A simple submicron confocal microscope with a fiberoptic output Ilko K. Ilev and Ronald W. Waynant pp. 4161-4164 Novel fabrication method of microchannel plates Whikun Yi, Taewon Jeong, Sunghwan Jin, SeGi Yu, Jeonghee Lee, and J. M. Kim pp. 4165-4169 High-scan-range cryogenic scanning probe microscope S. Urazhdin, I. J. Maasilta, S. Chakraborty, I. Moraru, and S. H.Tessmer pp. 4170-4173
CONDENSED MATTER; MATERIALS
Zen diamond-anvil low-pressure cell N. W. A. van Uden and D. J. Dunstan pp. 4174-4176 A furnace for the in situ study of the formation of inorganic solids at high temperature using time-resolved energy-dispersive x-ray diffraction Margret J. Geselbracht, Richard I. Walton, E. Sarah Cowell, Franck Millange, and Dermot O'Hare pp. 4177-4181 High-concentration ozone generator for oxidation of silicon operating at atmospheric pressure Kunihiko Koike, Tatsuo Fukuda, Shingo Ichimura, and Akira Kurokawa pp. 4182-4187 Fast digital method of critical current measurement of superconducting tunnel junction Ondrej Vávra and [S-hacek] tefan Ga [z-hacek] i pp. 4188-4191 A simple fiber-optic pin for detecting a shock-wave front Tomotaka Homae, Tatsumi Moritoh, Kentaro Ooya, Kazutaka G. Nakamura, and Ken-ichi Kondo pp. 4192-4194 A multipurpose apparatus for studying the interaction of low energy ions with solid state surface I. Terzi [c-acute] , N. Bundaleski, Z. Rako [c-hacek] evi [c-acute] , N. Oklobd [z-hacek] ija, and J. Elazar pp. 4195-4200 Resolution improvements for hemispherical energy analyzers T. Sagara, L. Boesten, S. Nishida, and K. Okada pp. 4201-4207 Prism coupler with variable coupling gap P. Dawson, G. F. Cairns, and S. M. O'Prey pp. 4208-4212 Variable temperature, variable-gap Otto prism coupler for use in a vacuum environment G. F. Cairns, S. M. O'Prey, and P. Dawson pp. 4213-4222 Homogeneous substrate heating using a CO2 laser with feedback, rastering, and temperature monitoring S. J. Barrington and R. W. Eason pp. 4223-4225 Coaxial probe and apparatus for measuring the dielectric spectra of high pressure liquids and supercritical fluid mixtures Sung B. Lee, Richard L. Smith, Jr., Hiroshi Inomata, and Kunio Arai pp. 4226-4230 Surface tension measurement technique by differential phase detection of capillary waves in liquids F. Marinozzi pp. 4231-4235
CHEMISTRY
Simultaneous measurement of the solubility of gases in polymers and of the associated volume change Sacha Hilic, Agílio A. H. Pádua, and Jean-Pierre E. Grolier pp. 4236-4241 Flexible cell designs for simultaneous electrochemical electron spin resonance measurements with a coaxial microwave cavity Lin Zhuang and Juntao Lu pp. 4242-4248
BIOLOGY and MEDICINE
Shape memory alloy activated high-pressure optical cell for biophysical studies Jack G. Zhou, Spiros Koulas, and Parkson Lee-Gau Chong pp. 4249-4256 Portable nuclear magnetic resonance imaging system Markus Rokitta, Eberhard Rommel, Ulrich Zimmermann, and Axel Haase pp. 4257-4262 Triaxial magnetic field gradient system for microcoil magnetic resonance imaging D. A. Seeber, J. H. Hoftiezer, W. B. Daniel, M. A. Rutgers, and C. H. Pennington pp. 4263-4272 300 MHz continuous wave electron paramagnetic resonance spectrometer for small animal in vivo imaging J. Koscielniak, N. Devasahayam, M. S. Moni, P. Kuppusamy, K. Yamada, J. B. Mitchell, M. C. Krishna, and S. Subramanian pp. 4273-4281
GRAVITY; GEOPHYSICS; ASTRONOMY and ASTROPHYSICS
Accurate calibration technique for a resonant-mass gravitational wave detector Michael E. Tobar, Clayton R. Locke, Eugene N. Ivanov, Ik Siong Heng, and David G. Blair pp. 4282-4285 Novel techniques for the efficient reduction of data generated by charge- coupled device detectors S. J. Welch pp. 4286-4293
ELECTRONICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC TECHNOLOGY; MICROWAVES
Direct-coupled-cavity bandpass filters using scrounged rectangular-to-circular waveguide transitions S. A. Zelazny and P. M. Koch pp. 4294-4299 A complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor anode array chip with two rows of 512 anodes and dual integrated analog read-out circuitry Dennis Nevejans, Eddy Neefs, Spyros Kavadias, Patrick Merken, Chris Van Hoof, Giuseppe Gramegna, Johan Bastiaens, and Bart Dierickx pp. 4300-4305
GENERAL INSTRUMENTS
Static and dynamic calibration of thin-film thermocouples by means of a laser modulation technique B. Serio, Ph. Nika, and J. P. Prenel pp. 4306-4313 Fiber optic displacement sensor using a coated lens optic Hossein Golnabi pp. 4314-4318 Multichannel data transmission system for rotating elements using a noncontacting slip ring Jianfeng Li and John W. Sutherland pp. 4319-4322 A fast high-voltage amplifier for driving piezoelectric positioners M. S. Colclough pp. 4323-4324 Force measurement in a nanomachining instrument Wei Gao, Robert J. Hocken, John A. Patten, and John Lovingood pp. 4325-4329 Metallic etching by high power Nd:yttrium-aluminum-garnet pulsed laser irradiation L. Torrisi, G. Ciavola, S. Gammino, L. Ando, A. Barnà, L. Laska, and J. Krasa pp. 4330-4334
NOTES

Simplified radio-frequency generator for driving ion guides, traps, and other capacitive loads Ronald M. Jones and Scott L. Anderson pp. 4335-4337 Setup for observing living cells using a commercial atomic force microscope Sandor Kasas, Xin Wang, Harald Hirling, Stefan Catsicas, Christian Haeberli, Giovanni Dietler, and Neil Thomson pp. 4338-4340 GaN light emitting diode as a photoreflectance pump source D. K. Gaskill, R. T. Holm, and O. J. Glembocki pp. 4341-4343
ERRATA

Erratum: "Spot welder for making small electrical contacts" [Rev. Sci. Instrum. 69, 2747 (1998)] I. R. Walker and C. J. Moss p. 4344