Review of Scientific Instruments, 1999, V 70, N 3, March.

ARTICLES

OPTICS; ATOMS and MOLECULES; SPECTROSCOPY

 Progress in multipass tandem Fabry-Perot
interferometry: I. A fully automated, easy to use, self-aligning
spectrometer with increased stability and flexibility
Burkard Hillebrands
pp. 1589-1598

 Uniaxial single shot autocorrelator
J. Collier, C. Danson, C. Johnson, and C. Mistry
pp. 1599-1602

 A fiber-optic attenuator calibration
system using high frequency substitution method
Ranjit Singh and Tomoteru Kawakami
pp. 1603-1604

 Design of a beamline for soft and deep
lithography on third generation synchrotron radiation source
E. Di Fabrizio, A. Nucara, M. Gentili, and R. Cingolani
pp. 1605-1613

 Collimation of plasma-produced x-rays by
spherical crystals: Ray-tracing simulations and experimental results
M. Sanchez del Rio, M. Fraenkel, A. Zigler, A. Ya. Faenov, and T. A.
Pikuz
pp. 1614-1620

 Preliminary experiment of total reflection
x-ray fluorescence using two glancing x-ray beams excitation
Kouichi Tsuji, Tasaku Sato, Kazuaki Wagatsuma, Martine Claes, and René
Van Grieken
pp. 1621-1623

 X-ray spectral power measurements
utilizing the diffraction pattern of a slit
K. L. Baker, J. L. Porter, L. E. Ruggles, R. E. Chrien, and G. C.
Idzorek
pp. 1624-1626

 A method for measuring the 2 3S population
in a fast 4He beam by means of laser atomic absorption spectroscopy
A. Christmann, S. Seidel, and H. J. Kunze
pp. 1627-1630

 High intensity source for cold atomic
hydrogen and deuterium beams
N. Koch and E. Steffens
pp. 1631-1639

 Refractory graphite skimmers for
supersonic free-jet, supersonic arc-jet, and plasma discharge
applications
D. C. Jordan, R. Barling, and R. B. Doak
pp. 1640-1648

CHARGED PARTICLE SOURCES, OPTICS and ACCELERATION

 Fabrication of single self-supported
metallic nanometric wires
W. Laï, A. Degiovanni, and R. Morin
pp. 1649-1652

 A versatile electron detector for studies
on ion-surface scattering
C. Lemell, J. Stöckl, HP. Winter, and F. Aumayr
pp. 1653-1657

 High-resolution x-ray spectromicroscopy
with the Tokyo electron beam ion trap
N. Nakamura, A. Ya. Faenov, T. A. Pikuz, E. Nojikawa, H. Shiraishi, F.
J. Currell, and S. Ohtani
pp. 1658-1664

 Ultrastable superconducting magnet system
for a penning trap mass spectrometer
R. S. Van Dyck, Jr., D. L. Farnham, S. L. Zafonte, and P. B.
Schwinberg
pp. 1665-1671

 Characterizing the emittance contribution
due to rotated quadrupoles and canonical angular momentum using the
quadrupole scan technique in electron accelerators
Bruce E. Carlsten
pp. 1672-1683

 A 32-channel preamplifier chip for the
multiplicity vertex detector at PHENIX
C. L. Britton, Jr., L. G. Clonts, M. N. Ericson, S. S. Frank, J. A.
Moore, M. L. Simpson, G. R. Young, R. S. Smith, J. Boissevain, S.
Hahn, J. S. Kapustinsky, J. Simon-Gillo, J. P. Sullivan, and H. van
Hecke
pp. 1684-1687

NUCLEAR PHYSICS, FUSION and PLASMAS

 Quantitative measurement of x-ray images
with a gated microchannel plate system in a z-pinch plasma experiment
Bing Shan, Takeshi Yanagidaira, Katsuji Shimoda, and Katsumi Hirano
pp. 1688-1693

 A slit grating spectrograph for
quantitative soft x-ray spectroscopy
T. Wilhein, S. Rehbein, D. Hambach, M. Berglund, L. Rymell, and H. M.
Hertz
pp. 1694-1699

 A three-wave heterodyne correlation
reflectometer developed in the T-10 tokamak
V. A. Vershkov, V. V. Dreval, and S. V. Soldatov
pp. 1700-1709

 Holey-plate plasma source using a
partial-coaxial microwave cavity
Yoshikazu Yoshida
pp. 1710-1712

BASIC PHENOMENA

 Effect of an input coil microwave
resonance on dynamics and noise properties of a dc superconducting
quantum interference device operating close to the hysteretic mode
V. Polushkin, D. Glowacka, R. Hart, and John Lumley
pp. 1713-1718

 Controlling chaotic systems with
occasional proportional feedback
Larry R. Senesac, William E. Blass, Gordon Chin, John J. Hillman, and
James V. Lobell
pp. 1719-1724

MICROSCOPY and IMAGING

 0.4 [ mu ]m spatial resolution with 1 GHz
([ lambda ] = 30 cm) evanescent microwave probe
M. Tabib-Azar, D.-P. Su, A. Pohar, S. R. LeClair, and G. Ponchak
pp. 1725-1729

 Angle chord integral inverter and a
rotating type optical probe
N. S. Yoon, H. K. Na, and S. M. Hwang
pp. 1730-1734

 Measurement of hardness, surface
potential, and charge distribution with dynamic contact mode
electrostatic force microscope
J. W. Hong, Sang-il Park, and Z. G. Khim
pp. 1735-1739

 MEPHISTO spectromicroscope reaches 20 nm
lateral resolution
Gelsomina De Stasio, Luca Perfetti, B. Gilbert, O. Fauchoux, M.
Capozi, P. Perfetti, G. Margaritondo, and B. P. Tonner
pp. 1740-1742

CONDENSED MATTER; MATERIALS

 Picosecond time-resolved electronic
spectroscopy in plate impact shock experiments: Experimental
development
M. D. Knudson, K. A. Zimmerman, and Y. M. Gupta
pp. 1743-1750

 Vibrating reed apparatus with optical
detection and digital signal processing: Application to measurements
on thin films
U. Harms, L. Kempen, and H. Neuhäuser
pp. 1751-1755

 Practical aspects of Kelvin probe force
microscopy
H. O. Jacobs, H. F. Knapp, and A. Stemmer
pp. 1756-1760

 Large area magneto-optical investigations
of YBCO thin films
M. Kuhn, B. Schey, W. Biegel, B. Stritzker, J. Eisenmenger, and P.
Leiderer
pp. 1761-1766

 Micron-sized Hall probes on a Si/SiGe
heterostructure as a tool to study vortex dynamics in high-temperature
superconducting crystals
R. G. van Veen, A. H. Verbruggen, E. van der Drift, S. Radelaar, S.
Anders, and H. M. Jaeger
pp. 1767-1770

 A two-axis goniometer for sensitivity
enhancement in single-crystal nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy
Thomas Vosegaard, Eigil Hald, Preben Daugaard, and Hans J. Jakobsen
pp. 1771-1779

 A trimodal resonator for three mutually
perpendicular magnetic fields
T. H. Stievater, M. J. Lim, P. Colosimo, R. A. Michniak, P. H.
Bucksbaum, and R. S. Conti
pp. 1780-1786

 A novel probe head for high-field,
high-frequency electron paramagnetic resonance
G. Annino, M. Cassettari, I. Longo, M. Martinelli, P. J. M. Van
Bentum, and E. Van der Horst
pp. 1787-1793

 A new method for determining polymer
optical anisotropy using two wavelengths
Shigeyoshi Osaki and Masahiro Mori
pp. 1794-1797

 Differential reflectance spectroscopy
using sample rotation
F. X. Zha, S. C. Shen, X. L. Huang, and G. L. Shi
pp. 1798-1800

 The Langmuir probe as a diagnostic of the
electron component within low temperature laser ablated plasma plumes
I. Weaver, G. W. Martin, W. G. Graham, T. Morrow, and C. L. S. Lewis
pp. 1801-1805

 Modification of a high vacuum, crossed
molecular beam scattering system to perform angle-resolved,
gas-surface scattering studies under ultrahigh vacuum conditions
Hiroshi Yoshikawa, Haruhiko Ohashi, Kiyohiko Tabayashi, Mitsukazu
Suzui, Toshio Horigome, Kazuo Hayakawa, Shinji Kato, Kosuke Shobatake,
Koji Ito, and Tetsuo Fujimoto
pp. 1806-1815

 A metal plasma source ion implantation and
deposition system
Bin Liu, B. Li, M. Sun, B. Y. Jiang, Y. F. Ren, and Si-Ze Yang
pp. 1816-1820

 Substrate heater for the growth of
epitaxial silicon films
Matthew Deming, Walter Varhue, Edward Adams, and Mark Lavoie
pp. 1821-1823

 Special modulator for high frequency,
low-voltage plasma immersion ion implantation
Xiubo Tian, Xiaofeng Wang, Baoyin Tang, Paul K. Chu, Ping K. Ko, and
Yiu-Chung Cheng
pp. 1824-1828

CHEMISTRY

 Real time chemical vapor detection and
enhancement utilizing aerosol adsorption
V. J. Novick, S. A. Johnson, H. A. Hisgen, and V. J. Reyes
pp. 1829-1834

 Time-resolved detection and identification
of single analyte molecules in microcapillaries by time-correlated
single-photon counting (TCSPC)
W. Becker, H. Hickl, C. Zander, K. H. Drexhage, M. Sauer, S. Siebert,
and J. Wolfrum
pp. 1835-1841

BIOLOGY and MEDICINE

 Multitip scanning bio-Kelvin probe
I. D. Baikie, P. J. S. Smith, D. M. Porterfield, and P. J. Estrup
pp. 1842-1850

GRAVITY; GEOPHYSICS; ASTRONOMY and ASTROPHYSICS

 Thermal noise in a high Q cryogenic resonator
Michele Bonaldi, Paolo Falferi, Massimo Cerdonio, Andrea Vinante, Rita
Dolesi, and Stefano Vitale
pp. 1851-1856

ELECTRONICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC TECHNOLOGY; MICROWAVES

 A 6 kV-150 A, 8 ns rise time pulse
generator for excitation of ferroelectric cathodes
I. Boscolo and S. La Torre
pp. 1857-1859

 Ultralow noise high gain transimpedance
amplifier for characterizing the low frequency noise of infrared
detectors
R. M. Howard
pp. 1860-1867

 Miniature fiber optic pressure sensor for
turbomachinery applications
William N. MacPherson, James M. Kilpatrick, James S. Barton, and
Julian D. C. Jones
pp. 1868-1874

 Stroboscopic microcontroller-based
tachometer
Armando Segovia, Mayra Garduño, Luis C. Longoria, and Arquimides Diaz
pp. 1875-1879

 Measurement of partial pressures in
extremely high vacuum region using a modified residual gas analyzer
Shu Watanabe, Hitoshi Oyama, Shigeki Kato, and Masakazu Aono
pp. 1880-1884

 A new measuring device for measuring valve
lift
Milan Mar[c]i[c]
pp. 1885-1888

NOTES

 Simple low-drift heating stage for
scanning probe microscopes
F. Oulevey, G. Gremaud, A. J. Kulik, and B. Guisolan
pp. 1889-1890

 A pulse voltage multiplier
Leopoldo Soto and Luis Altamirano
pp. 1891-1892