Review of Scientific Instruments, 1999, V 70, N 4, April.

REVIEW ARTICLE


 Instrumental aspects of x-ray microbeams
in the range above 1 keV
P. Dhez, P. Chevallier, T. B. Lucatorto, and C. Tarrio
pp. 1907-1920


ARTICLES


OPTICS; ATOMS and MOLECULES; SPECTROSCOPY

 Single-movement fixed-exit channelcut
x-ray monochromator based on profiled surfaces
Sebastian Oestreich, Burkhard Kaulich, and Jean Susini
pp. 1921-1925

 Ortho/para hydrogen converter for rapid
deposition matrix isolation spectroscopy
Simon Tam and Mario E. Fajardo
pp. 1926-1932

 High-resolution CO-laser sideband
spectrometer for molecular-beam optothermal spectroscopy in the 5-6.6
[ mu ]m wavelength region
U. Merker, P. Engels, F. Madeja, M. Havenith, and W. Urban
pp. 1933-1938

 A novel spectrometer combining laser and
electron excitation and deflection of atoms and molecules
Andrew J. Murray and Peter Hammond
pp. 1939-1950

 Characterization of cooled large-area
silicon avalanche photodiodes
Jeffrey J. Fox, Nathan Woodard, and Gregory P. Lafyatis
pp. 1951-1956

CHARGED PARTICLE SOURCES, OPTICS and ACCELERATION

 Photodetachment photoelectron spectroscopy
of multiply charged anions using electrospray ionization
Lai-Sheng Wang, Chuan-Fan Ding, Xue-Bin Wang, and S. E. Barlow
pp. 1957-1966

 An enriched 40K source for fermionic atom
studies
B. DeMarco, H. Rohner, and D. S. Jin
pp. 1967-1969

 Two-dimensional toroidal electron analyzer
for energy and angular dispersive measurements
A. Danjo, Y. Kato, N. Kobayashi, J. Matsumoto, H. Shimizu, H. Tanuma,
Z. Wang, W. Wu, K. Yamazaki, and M. Yoshino
pp. 1970-1977

 Angle-resolving electron-electron
coincidence setup
R. Wehlitz, L. S. Pibida, J. C. Levin, and I. A. Sellin
pp. 1978-1982

 Limits on laser wakefield accelerators
B. Yedierler and S. Bilikmen
pp. 1983-1985

NUCLEAR PHYSICS, FUSION and PLASMAS

 Launched wave packets in an ion
beam-plasma system
S. G. Lee, D. A. Diebold, and N. Hershkowitz
pp. 1986-1990

 Beam optics of the SINGAP 1 MeV 100 mA D -
direct current accelerator for thermonuclear fusion
J. Bucalossi, C. Desgranges, M. Fumelli, P. Massmann, and A. Simonin
pp. 1991-1993

 Millimeter wave polarimeter for characterizing high-power plasma heating systems
H. Ikezi, C. P. Moeller, J. L. Doane, M. DiMartino, J. Lohr, D. Ponce,
and R. W. Callis
pp. 1994-1998

 Error analysis of Rijnhuizen tokamak
project Thomson scattering data
M. N. A. Beurskens, C. J. Barth, C. C. Chu, and N. J. Lopes Cardozo
pp. 1999-2011

 Obtaining absolute spatial flux measurements with a time-resolved pinhole camera
K. L. Baker, J. L. Porter, L. E. Ruggles, D. L. Fehl, G. A. Chandler,
M. Vargas, L. P. Mix, W. W. Simpson, Chris Deeney, R. E. Chrien, and
G. C. Idzorek
pp. 2012-2015

 Materials selection for the in situ
mirrors of laser diagnostics in fusion devices
Vladimir S. Voitsenya, Vladimir G. Konovalov, Michael F. Becker, Osamu
Motojima, Kazumichi Narihara, and Beatrix Schunke
pp. 2016-2025

BASIC PHENOMENA

 High magnetic field corrections to
resistance thermometers at low temperatures
B. Zhang, J. S. Brooks, J. A. A. J. Perenboom, S.-Y. Han, and J. S.
Qualls
pp. 2026-2030

 Thermally actuated interferometric sensors
based on the thermal expansion of transparent elastomeric media
Bartosz A. Grzybowski, Scott T. Brittain, and George M. Whitesides
pp. 2031-2037

 Noise averaging and measurement resolution
(or ``A little noise is a good thing'')
James Potzick
pp. 2038-2040

MICROSCOPY and IMAGING

 Laser scanning microscope for low temperature single molecule and microscale spectroscopy based on gradient index optics
Martin Vácha, Hiroshi Yokoyama, Takashi Tokizaki, Makoto Furuki, and
Toshiro Tani
pp. 2041-2045

 Novel thin membrane probe and a new
twisting modulation force detection method of an atomic force
microscope
Katsushi Nakano and Yoshihiko Suzuki
pp. 2046-2048

 A circuit for measuring the gap voltage of
a scanning tunneling microscope on a nanosecond time scale
M. Ochmann, H.-J. Münzer, J. Boneberg, and P. Leiderer
pp. 2049-2052

 Tracking and stepping control of the tip
position of a scanning tunneling microscope by referring to atomic
points and arrays on a regular crystalline surface
Masato Aketagawa, Koji Takada, Yoshihisa Minao, Yuki Oka, and Jong-Doo
Lee
pp. 2053-2059

CONDENSED MATTER; MATERIALS

 Relationship between the internal friction
values of the specimen and the vibration system
Jiapeng Shui, Huiyuan Pei, and Yongsong Liu
pp. 2060-2064

 Phase comparison technique for measuring
liquid-liquid phase equilibrium
Z. Lu, J. L. Daridon, B. Lagourette, and S. Ye
pp. 2065-2068

 Measurements of thermal effusivity of
liquids using a conventional photoacoustic cell
J. A. Balderas-López, G. Gutiérrez-Juárez, M. R. Jaime-Fonseca, and
Feliciano Sánchez-Sinencio
pp. 2069-2071

 Measurement of the permeability of thin
films
N. J. Ianno and T. J. Makovicka
pp. 2072-2073

 A simple strain cell for the measurement
of the gauge factor of a thin film
Manjunatha Pattabi and K. Mohan Rao
pp. 2074-2075

 An improved surface plasmon resonance
imaging apparatus
L. Andrew Lyon, William D. Holliway, and Michael J. Natan
pp. 2076-2081

 Electronic simulation of a multiterminal
quantum Hall effect device
A. Sosso and P. P. Capra
pp. 2082-2086

 An ultrahigh vacuum system for the
fabrication and characterization of ultrathin metal-semiconductor
films and sensors
Howard S. Bergh, Brian Gergen, Hermann Nienhaus, Arun Majumdar, W.
Henry Weinberg, and Eric W. McFarland
pp. 2087-2094

 A low cost modulation technique for
magneto-optical measurements
Giovanni Isella and Ezio Puppin
pp. 2095-2096

 Novel flow apparatus for investigating
shear-enhanced crystallization and structure development in
semicrystalline polymers
Guruswamy Kumaraswamy, Ravi K. Verma, and Julia A. Kornfield
pp. 2097-2104

 A new device for contactless studies of dielectrics
H. Bacchetta, J.-P. Béghé, A. Berthault, P. Carles, and J.-C. Niepce
pp. 2105-2112

 Investigation of the radio frequency
magnetic field inside a hollow cylinder used for nuclear magnetic
resonance imaging
Alexandre Labiche, Siew Kan, Anne Leroy-Willig, and Claire Wary
pp. 2113-2115

 Use of a random phase plate as a KrF laser
beam homogenizer for thin film deposition applications
C. L. S. Lewis, I. Weaver, L. A. Doyle, G. W. Martin, T. Morrow, D. A.
Pepler, C. N. Danson, and I. N. Ross
pp. 2116-2121

 Pressure transducer mounts for internal
blast measurements on thin metal walls
George Yiannakopoulos and Peter Kiernan
pp. 2122-2126

CHEMISTRY

 A portable, pulsed-molecular-beam,
Fourier-transform microwave spectrometer designed for chemical
analysis
R. D. Suenram, Jens Uwe Grabow, Andrei Zuban, and Igor Leonov
pp. 2127-2135

GRAVITY; GEOPHYSICS; ASTRONOMY and ASTROPHYSICSELECTRONICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC TECHNOLOGY; MICROWAVES

 The theory of operation of transistorized
Marx bank circuits
Kanad Mallik
pp. 2155-2160

GENERAL INSTRUMENTS

 Dielectric-insensitive capacitive
differential pressure gauge for use at low temperature
Tokeem Talbot and J. G. Brisson
pp. 2161-2165

 Fiberoptic displacement sensor with a
short hollow metal optical waveguide
P. P. Branzalov, L. M. Ivanov, and L. I. Pavlov
pp. 2166-2168


NOTES


 Low-noise differentiator preamplifier for
photogenerated signals
Luigi Rovati and Franco Docchio
pp. 2169-2170

 A novel analog current-conveyor multiplier
circuit
Umesh Kumar
pp. 2171-2172

 Apparatus for direct addition of reagents
into a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) sample in the NMR probe
Charles L. Perrin and Ignacio A. Rivero
pp. 2173-2174

 Contactless angle measurement
Du[s]an Ponikvar
pp. 2175-2176

 Nonswitching van der Pauw technique using
two different modulating frequencies
G. T. Kim, J. G. Park, Y. W. Park, C. Müller-Schwanneke, M. Wagenhals,
and S. Roth
pp. 2177-2178

ERRATA

 Erratum: ``The beam emission spectroscopy
diagnostic on the DIII-D tokamak'' [Rev. Sci. Instrum. 70, 913 (1999)]
G. McKee, R. Ashley, R. Durst, R. Fonck, M. Jakubowksi, K. Tritz, K.
Burrell, C. Greenfield, and J. Robinson
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