Review of Scientific Instruments, 2003, V 74, N 12, December.

REVIEW ARTICLE

 Superconductor and magnet levitation devices
 K. B. Ma, Y. V. Postrekhin, and W. K. Chu
 pp. 4989-5017
    
ARTICLES

OPTICS; ATOMS and MOLECULES; SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTON DETECTORS 
 
 A dynamic infrared source
 M. J. Persky
 pp. 5018-5025
    

 Brandaris 128: A digital 25 million frames per second camera
 with 128 highly sensitive frames
 Chien Ting Chin, Charles Lancee, Jerome Borsboom, Frits Mastik,
 Martijn E. Frijlink, Nico de Jong, Michel Versluis, and Detlef Lohse
 pp. 5026-5034
  
 High resolution hard x-ray spectroscopy of femtosecond laser-produced
 plasmas with a CZT detector
 L. M. Chen, P. Forget, R. Toth, J. C. Kieffer, A. Krol,
 C. C. Chamberlain, B. X. Hou, J. Nees, and G. Mourou
 pp. 5035-5038
   
 Investigation of the projectile ion velocity inside the interaction media
 by the x-ray spectromicroscopy method
 O. N. Rosmej, S. A. Pikuz, Jr., J. Wieser, A. Blazevic, E. Brambrink,
 M. Roth, V. P. Efremov, A. Ya. Faenov, T. A. Pikuz, I. Yu. Skobelev,
 and D. H. H. Hoffmann
 pp. 5039-5045
 
 An efficient method for simultaneous measurement of the integrated
 reflectivity of crystals in multiple s of reflection using the
 bremsstrahlung continuum from an x-ray tube and comparison of
 experimental results for mica with theoretical calculations
 S. G. Lee, J. G. Bak, Y. S. Jung, M. Bitter, K. W. Hill, G. Holzer,
 O. Wehrhan, and E. Forster
 pp. 5046-5052
    
PARTICLE SOURCES, OPTICS and ACCELERATION; PARTICLE DETECTORS 
 
 A combined source of electron bunches and microwave power
 J. L. Xie, F. Y. Wang, X. P. Yang, B. Shen, W. Gu, and L. W. Zhang
 pp. 5053-5057
  
 Optimal lookup table construction for charge division with
 respect to efficiency flatness
 P. Van Esch and F. Millier
 pp. 5058-5061
     
 Device to increase the dynamic range of high-pressure ionization
 chambers used in environmental radiation monitoring
 V. Balagi, K. R. Prasad, R. K. Jakati, and S. K. Kataria
 pp. 5062-5064
  

NUCLEAR PHYSICS, FUSION and PLASMAS 
 

 Large-grazing-angle, multi-image Kirkpatrick–Baez microscope
 as the front end to a high-resolution streak camera for OMEGA
 O. V. Gotchev, L. J. Hayes, P. A. Jaanimagi, J. P. Knauer,
 F. J. Marshall, and D. D. Meyerhofer
 pp. 5065-5069
   

 Curvature wave-front sensors for electron density
 characterization in plasmas
 K. L. Baker
 pp. 5070-5075
  
 Soft x-ray emission from postpulse expanding laser-produced plasmas
 J. L. Weaver, U. Feldman, A. N. Mostovych, J. F. Seely, D. Colombant,
 and G. Holland
 pp. 5076-5083
  

 Cross-calibrating spatial positions of light-viewing diagnostics
 using plasma edge sweeps in DIII-D
 W. M. Solomon, K. H. Burrell, P. Gohil, R. Groebner, and D. Kaplan
 pp. 5084-5089
  
 Infrared camera diagnostic for heat flux measurements on the
 National Spherical Torus Experiment
 D. Mastrovito, R. Maingi, H. W. Kugel, and A. L. Roquemore
 pp. 5090-5092
      

 Identification of short-lived and localized coherent structures
 in plasma turbulence by window biorthogonal decomposition
 Lifang Dong, Qingli Zhang, and Long Wang
 pp. 5093-5096

 A plasma-shielded, miniature Rogowski probe
 E. Torbert, I. Furno, T. Intrator, and E. Hemsing
 pp. 5097-5100

MICROSCOPY and IMAGING 
 

 Microbeam of 100 keV x ray with a sputtered-sliced
 Fresnel zone plate
 Nagao Kamijo, Yoshio Suzuki, Hidekazu Takano, Shigeharu Tamura,
 Masato Yasumoto, Akihisa Takeuchi, and Mitsuhiro Awaji
 pp. 5101-5104
  
 Scanning vector Hall probe microscope
 J. Fedor, V. Cambel, D. Gregusova, P. Hanzelka, J. Derer, and J. Volko
 pp. 5105-5110
     
 Higher harmonics imaging in tapping-mode atomic-force microscopy
 Robert W. Stark and Wolfgang M. Heckl
 pp. 5111-5114

 Compensation of cross talk in the optical lever deflection
 method used in atomic force microscopy
 Satoru Fujisawa and Hisato Ogiso
 pp. 5115-5117

CONDENSED MATTER; MATERIALS 
 
 Original superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) design
 and measurement technique for flux noise source localization in SQUID systems
 M. Lam Chok Sing, S. Flament, X. Ridereau, C. Gunther, L. Mechin, and D. Bloyet
 pp. 5118-5122
    
 Particle-beam experiment to study heterogeneous surface reactions
 relevant to plasma-assisted thin film growth and etching
 Wolfgang Jacob, Christian Hopf, Achim von Keudell, Matthias Meier,
 and Thomas Schwarz-Selinger
 pp. 5123-5136
   
 Flexible system for multiple plasma immersion ion implantation-deposition processes
 Xiubo Tian, Ricky K. Y. Fu, Paul K. Chu, Andre Anders, Chunzhi Gong, and Shiqin Yang
 pp. 5137-5140
   
 Magnetic force and optical force sensing with ultrathin silicon resonator
 Takahito Ono and Masayoshi Esashi
 pp. 5141-5146
    

 Permeation rate measurements by electrical analysis of calcium corrosion
 R. Paetzold, A. Winnacker, D. Henseler, V. Cesari, and K. Heuser
 pp. 5147-5150
    

 Unique approach to measuring temperature variation of surface tension
 in smectic liquid crystals
 M. Veum, P. Messman, Z. Q. Liu, C. C. Huang, N. Janarthanan, and C. S. Hsu
 pp. 5151-5155

CHEMISTRY 
 
 Simple, sensitive nitrogen analyzer based on pulsed miniplasma
 source emission spectrometry
 Zhe Jin and Yixiang Duan
 pp. 5156-5160


 Fabrication of quasi-two-dimensional, heterogeneously
 curved Belousov–Zhabotinsky systems
 N. Manz and S. C. Muller
 pp. 5161-5166
     
 An oscillating bubble device for direct measurement of molecular
 exchange processes at the air–liquid interface in the medium
 frequency range
 J. Ortegren, K.-D. Wantke, and H. Motschmann
 pp. 5167-5172
 
 Kinetic gravimetric sorption of low volatility gases and vapors in polymers
 Sushil N. Dhoot and Benny D. Freeman
 pp. 5173-5178
   
GRAVITY; GEOPHYSICS; ASTRONOMY and ASTROPHYSICS 
 
 Automated spectro-goniometer: A spherical robot for the field
 measurement of the directional reflectance of snow
 Thomas H. Painter, Brad Paden, and Jeff Dozier
 pp. 5179-5188
 
ELECTRONICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC TECHNOLOGY; MICROWAVES 
 
 High frequency ac bias for direct-coupled dc superconducting quantum
 interference device readout electronics
 N. Oukhanski, V. Schultze, R. P. J. IJsselsteijn, and H.-G. Meyer
 pp. 5189-5193
  
 Inductive electronic load for testing of magnet power supplies
 in particle accelerators
 M. B. Borage, S. R. Tiwari, and S. Kotaiah
 pp. 5194-5196
  
 Tapered microstrip balun for integrating a low noise
 amplifier with a nonplanar log periodic antenna
 G. Engargiola
 pp. 5197-5200
     
 Novel voltage compressor circuit by transmission lines
 V. Nassisi, F. Belloni, D. Doria, and A. Lorusso
 pp. 5201-5203
   
 Low-impedance time-domain reflectometry for measuring the
 impedance characteristics of low-impedance transmission lines
 N. G. Paulter, R. H. Palm, A. R. Hefner, and D. W. Berning
 pp. 5204-5211
  
THERMOMETRY; THERMAL DIFFUSIVITY; ACOUSTIC; PHOTOTHERMAL and PHOTOACOUSTIC 
 

 Characteristics of doped optical fiber for fluorescence-based
 fiber optic temperature systems
 D. I. Forsyth, T. Sun, K. T. V. Grattan, S. A. Wade, and S. F. Collins
 pp. 5212-5218
  
 Self-normalized photothermal technique for accurate thermal
 diffusivity measurements in thin metal layers
 J. A. Balderas-Lopez and A. Mandelis
 pp. 5219-5225
 
 Homodyne detection technique using spontaneously generated reference
 signal in picosecond thermoreflectance measurements
 Naoyuki Taketoshi, Tetsuya Baba, Emmanuel Schaub, and Akira Ono
 pp. 5226-5230
 
GENERAL INSTRUMENTS 
 
 Experimental study of nanoparticle detection by optical gradient forces
 Filipp V. Ignatovich and Lukas Novotny
 pp. 5231-5235
   
 Quasi-monochromatic flash x-ray generator utilizing weakly
 ionized linear copper plasma
 Eiichi Sato, Yasuomi Hayasi, Rudolf Germer, Etsuro Tanaka,
 Hidezo Mori, Toshiaki Kawai, Toshio Ichimaru, Kazuyoshi Takayama,
 and Hideaki Ido
 pp. 5236-5240
 
 Rapid scan Fourier transform detection of a frequency encoded
 quartz crystal microbalance array
 Shenheng Guan and Ralph B. Nielsen
 pp. 5241-5248
  
 Comparison of force balance calibration techniques for the
 nano-Newton range
 Nathaniel P. Selden and Andrew D. Ketsdever
 pp. 5249-5254
 
 Industrial application of ultrasound based in-line rheometry:
 Visualization of steady shear pipe flow of chocolate
 suspension in pre-crystallization process
 Boris Ouriev, Erich Windhab, Peter Braun, Yuantong Zeng, and Beat Birkhofer
 pp. 5255-5259
   
 The phosphorescence microphone: A device for testing oxygen sensors and films
 Christina M. McGraw, Hari Shroff, Gamal Khalil, and James B. Callis
 pp. 5260-5266
 
 Pyroelectric infrared sensor-based thermometer for monitoring indoor objects
 C. F. Tsai and M. S. Young
 pp. 5267-5273
 
 Stereo camera system for three-dimensional reconstruction
 of a flyer plate in flight
 Ted D. Rupp, Russell J. Gehr, Scott Bucholtz, David L. Robbins,
 David B. Stahl, and Stephen A. Sheffield
 pp. 5274-5281

NOTES


 Investigation of thermal contact resistance in injection molding using
 a hollow waveguide pyrometer and a two-thermocouple probe
 A. Bendada, A. Derdouri, M. Lamontagne, and Y. Simard
 pp. 5282-5284