Review of Scientific Instruments, 2001, V 72, N 2, February.


PROCEEDINGS OF ADVANCES IN LASER HEATED DIAMOND CELL TECHNIQUES

The birth and development of laser heating in diamond anvil cells William A. Bassett pp. 1270-1272 Laser heated diamond cell system at the Advanced Photon Source for in situ x-ray measurements at high pressure and temperature Guoyin Shen, Mark L. Rivers, Yanbin Wang, and Stephen R. Sutton pp. 1273-1282 Synchrotron radiation and laser heating in a diamond anvil cell Denis Andrault and Guillaume Fiquet pp. 1283-1288 Construction of laser-heated diamond anvil cell system for in situ x-ray diffraction study at SPring-8 Tetsu Watanuki, Osamu Shimomura, Takehiko Yagi, Tadashi Kondo, and Maiko Isshiki pp. 1289-1292 Laser heated diamond anvil apparatus at the Photon Factory and SPring-8: Problems and improvements Takehiko Yagi, Tadashi Kondo, Tetsu Watanuki, Osamu Shimomura, and Takumi Kikegawa pp. 1293-1297 A diamond gasket for the laser-heated diamond anvil cell Guangtian Zou, Yanzhang Ma, Ho-kwang Mao, Russell J. Hemley, and Stephen A. Gramsch pp. 1298-1301 Two-dimensional energy dispersive x-ray diffraction at high pressures and temperatures Yanzhang Ma, Ho-kwang Mao, Russell J. Hemley, Stephen A. Gramsch, Guoyin Shen, and Maddury Somayazulu pp. 1302-1305 The effect of sample thickness and insulation layers on the temperature distribution in the laser-heated diamond cell Wendy R. Panero and Raymond Jeanloz pp. 1306-1308 Laser-heated diamond anvil cell system for photochemical reaction measurements H. Yusa pp. 1309-1312
ARTICLES

OPTICS; ATOMS and MOLECULES; SPECTROSCOPY
BACH, the beamline for advanced dichroic and scattering experiments at ELETTRA M. Zangrando, M. Finazzi, G. Paolucci, G. Comelli, B. Diviacco, R. P.Walker, D. Cocco, and F. Parmigiani pp. 1313-1319 Very high spectral resolution obtained with SU5: A vacuum ultraviolet undulator-based beamline at Super-ACO Laurent Nahon, Christian Alcaraz, Jean-Louis Marlats, Bruno Lagarde, François Polack, Roland Thissen, Didier Lepère, and Kenji Ito pp. 1320-1329 Theoretical study of space focusing in linear time-of-flight mass spectrometers D. P. Seccombe and T. J. Reddish pp. 1330-1338 Laser pointing stabilization and control in the submicroradian regime with neural networks F. Breitling, R. S. Weigel, M. C. Downer, and T. Tajima pp. 1339-1342 Versatile cavity for optically pumped molecular lasers J. Padma Nilaya and Dhruba J. Biswas pp. 1343-1345 Diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser intensity noise suppression using a current shunt R. S. Abbott and P. J. King pp. 1346-1349 Theoretical consideration of x-ray transmission through cylinder capillaries Baozhen Chen pp. 1350-1353
PARTICLE SOURCES, OPTICS and ACCELERATION
Calibration facility for solar wind plasma instrumentation Adrian Marti, Reto Schletti, Peter Wurz, and Peter Bochsler pp. 1354-1360 Development of a microstrip gas chamber to study the effect of drift gap on its performance V. Radhakrishna, K. Rajanna, S. S. Desai, and A. M. Shaikh pp. 1361-1365
NUCLEAR PHYSICS, FUSION and PLASMAS
Microwave reflectometry for turbulence studies on ASDEX Upgrade T. T. Ribeiro, F. Serra, G. D. Conway, M. E. Manso, F. Ryter, L. Cupido, B. Kurzan, A. Silva, W. Suttrop, and S. Vergamota , (ASDEX Upgrade Team ) pp. 1366-1371 Ultrafast soft x-ray two-dimensional plasma imaging system based on gas electron multiplier detector with pixel readout D. Pacella, G. Pizzicaroli, L. Gabellieri, M. Leigheb, R. Bellazzini, A. Brez, G. Gariano, L. Latronico, N. Lumb, G. Spandre, M. M. Massai, and S. Reale pp. 1372-1378 Robust Langmuir probe circuitry for fusion research J. Boedo, G. Gunner, D. Gray, and R. Conn pp. 1379-1382 A novel Y-type reactor for selective excitation of atmospheric pressure glow discharge plasma Guan-Guang Xia, Jin-Yun Wang, Aimin Huang, Steven L. Suib, Yuji Hayashi, and Hiroshige Matsumoto pp. 1383-1390 The method of ion current measurement on capacitive-coupled plasma Yasushi Iseki, Kazuo Hayashi, and Etsuo Noda pp. 1391-1394 Characterization of internal MHD modes in Princeton beta experiment modification by ECE fluctuation radiometry A. M. Zolfaghari, P. P. Woskov, S. Luckhardt, and R. Kaita pp. 1395-1399 Real-time extraction of plasma equilibrium parameters in KSTAR tokamak using statistical methods Yong-Su Na, Young-Mu Jeon, S. H. Hong, and Y. S. Hwang pp. 1400-1405 Diamond radiation detector made of an ultrahigh-purity type IIa diamond crystal grown by high-pressure and high-temperature synthesis Teruya Tanaka, Junichi Kaneko, Daisuke Takeuchi, Hitoshi Sumiya, Masaki Katagiri, Takeo Nishitani, Hiroshi Takeuchi, Toshiyuki Iida, and Hideyo Ohkushi pp. 1406-1410 Novel instrumentation for spectrally resolved soft x-ray plasma tomography: Development and pilot results on TEXTOR L. A. Shmaenok, S. V. Golovkin, V. N. Govorun, A. V. Ekimov, N. N.Salashchenko, V. V. Pickalov, V. P. Belik, F. C. Schüller, A. J. H. Donné, A. A. M. Oomens, K. A. Prokhorov, S. S. Andreev, A. A. Sorokin, B. G. Podlaskin, and L. V. Khasanov pp. 1411-1415 Cauchois-Johansson x-ray spectrograph for 1.5-400 keV energy range E. O. Baronova, M. M. Stepanenko, and N. R. Pereira pp. 1416-1420
MICROSCOPY and IMAGING
Single shot twin x-ray microscopic imaging using simultaneously produced laser- plasma x-ray sources J. A. Chakera, V. Arora, S. R. Kumbhare, P. A. Naik, V. Ganesan, and P. D. Gupta pp. 1421-1424 Quantitative analysis of scanning microwave microscopy on dielectric thin film by finite element calculation J. H. Lee, S. Hyun, and K. Char pp. 1425-1434 Focusing method and apparatus for high-resolution projection patterning D. Popovici and M. Meunier pp. 1435-1437 A fast-scanning, low- and variable-temperature scanning tunneling microscope L. Petersen, M. Schunack, B. Schaefer, T. R. Linderoth, P. B. Rasmussen, P. T. Sprunger, E. Laegsgaard, I. Stensgaard, and F.Besenbacher pp. 1438-1444 Development of low-temperature and high vacuum atomic force microscope with freeze-fracture function Keiichi Nakamoto, C. B. Mooney, and Masashi Iwatsuki pp. 1445-1448 In situ observation of moisture-induced swelling of leather in an environmental scanning electron microscope Martin Tuckermann, Michael Mertig, and Wolfgang Pompe pp. 1449-1452
CONDENSED MATTER; MATERIALS
A portable ultrahigh vacuum organic molecular beam deposition system for in situ x-ray diffraction measurements K. A. Ritley, B. Krause, F. Schreiber, and H. Dosch pp. 1453-1457 New diamond anvil cell for single-crystal analysis Takamitsu Yamanaka, Tomoo Fukuda, Takanori Hattori, and Hitoshi Sumiya pp. 1458-1462 Pressure-resisting cell for high-pressure, high-resolution nuclear magnetic resonance measurements at very high magnetic fields H. Yamada, K. Nishikawa, M. Honda, T. Shimura, K. Akasaka, and K.Tabayashi pp. 1463-1471 Investigation of a strong titanium alloy KS15-5-3 and the application to a high pressure apparatus for magnetization measurements K. Kamishima, M. Hagiwara, and H. Yoshida pp. 1472-1476 An apparatus for beam-rocking reflection high-energy electron diffraction and total reflection angle x-ray spectroscopy Toshiro Yamanaka and Shozo Ino pp. 1477-1481 Normal modes of a Si(100) double-paddle oscillator Christoph L. Spiel, R. O. Pohl, and Alan T. Zehnder pp. 1482-1491 Transfer time optimization of a rapid cyclic instrumental neutron activation analysis for trace element detection I. Khamis, I. Othman, M. Nasri, and M. Bakkour pp. 1492-1494 Ultrahigh vacuum cantilever magnetometry with standard size single crystal substrates Th. Höpfl, D. Sander, H. Höche, and J. Kirschner pp. 1495-1501 Simultaneous measurement of free-surface velocity and surfactant concentration via a common laser probe Michael J. Vogel, Amir H. Hirsa, Joseph S. Kelley, and Gerald M.Korenowski pp. 1502-1509 A low-loss, ultrahigh vacuum compatible helium cryostat without liquid nitrogen shield Hiroshi Okamoto and Dongmin Chen pp. 1510-1513
GRAVITY; GEOPHYSICS; ASTRONOMY and ASTROPHYSICS
A new experimental facility for investigating the formation and properties of gas hydrates under simulated seafloor conditions Tommy J. Phelps, David J. Peters, Simon L. Marshall, Olivia R. West, Liyuan Liang, James G. Blencoe, Vasilios Alexiades, Gary K. Jacobs, Michael T. Naney, and Jack L. Heck, Jr. pp. 1514-1521 Use of a multiwavelength pyrometer in several elevated temperature aerospace applications Daniel Ng and Gustave Fralick pp. 1522-1530 A wideband lag correlator for heterodyne spectroscopy of broad astronomical and atmospheric spectral lines A. I. Harris and J. Zmuidzinas pp. 1531-1538 Fine wire thermometer for air temperature measurement R. G. Harrison and M. A. Pedder pp. 1539-1541
ELECTRONICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC TECHNOLOGY; MICROWAVES
A multiple pin, flip-chip system for microwave and gigabit per second cryogenic device testing at variable temperatures M. S. Wire, D. J. Durand, A. H. Silver, M. K. Wagner, and C. A.Hamilton pp. 1542-1547
GENERAL INSTRUMENTS
A novel pressure array sensor based on contact resistance variation: Metrological properties Z. Del Prete, L. Monteleone, and R. Steindler pp. 1548-1553 Optical strain sensor using median density grating foil: Rivaling the electric strain gauge Bing Zhao, Huimin Xie, and Anand Asundi pp. 1554-1558 Ion beam milling fabrication of a small off-axis ellipsoidal mirror, diffraction limited to 1 µm resolution at 14 nm Raymond Mercier, Michel Mullot, Michel Lamare, and Gérard Tissot pp. 1559-1564 Analysis of a novel flexure hinge with three degrees of freedom Feng-Zone Hsiao and Tai-Wu Lin pp. 1565-1573 Charging current measurements and charging synchronization in continuous jets J. Nilsson and L. Palm pp. 1574-1579
NOTES

Application of the thermal wave resonator to the measurement of the thermal diffusivity of gas mixtures J. A. P. Lima, E. Marín, M. G. da Silva, M. S. Sthel, S. L. Cardoso, H. Vargas, and L. C. M. Miranda pp. 1580-1582 A novel simplified laser diode driver Chun-Ming Chang and Tai-Shan Liao pp. 1583-1584 Further development of a novel pulling device for crystal growth P. L. Lang, Y. Z. He, F. Zhou, D. N. Zheng, and Z. X. Zhao pp. 1585-1586 Virtual instrument for testing the hearing impaired K. H. Norian pp. 1587-1588 Carbon substrates for backscattering spectrometry analysis Pierre H. Giauque and Marc-A. Nicolet pp. 1589-1590 Camera length and field of view in Makyoh-topography instruments Ferenc Riesz pp. 1591-1593 A noncontact laser technique for circular contouring accuracy measurement Charles Wang and Bob Griffin pp. 1594-1596 Langmuir probe measurement of plasma splitting during pulsed laser deposition J. Wild, P. Kudrna, T. Gronych, J. Bro [z-hacek] , Z. Zelinger, P. Kubát, and S. Civi [ess with caron] pp. 1597-1599
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