Review of Scientific Instruments, 2000, V 71, N 4, April.


ARTICLES

OPTICS; ATOMS and MOLECULES; SPECTROSCOPY

A method and technique for observing the stereo pseudocolor image of phase change of objects Guan-ying Chen and Wenshan Duan pp. 1583-1588 New broad spectrum autocorrelator for ultrashort light pulses based on multiphoton photoemission Alexander Dourandin, Henry C. Brenner, and Martin Pope pp. 1589-1594 Real-time optical measurements with picosecond resolution during laser induced transformations J. Solis, J. Siegel, and C. N. Afonso pp. 1595-1601 Development of a compact, handheld Raman instrument with no moving parts for use in field analysis Brian M. Cullum, Joel Mobley, Zhenhuan Chi, David L. Stokes, Gordon H. Miller, and Tuan Vo-Dinh pp. 1602-1607 Simulation of interferometric sensors for pressure and temperature measurements Hossein Golnabi pp. 1608-1613 Thulium-doped fiber optic decay-time temperature sensors: Characterization of high temperature performance Z. Y. Zhang, K. T. V. Grattan, and B. T. Meggitt pp. 1614-1620 Reduction in time jitter for free-running, nanosecond-pulsed, Xe lamp by supplementary illumination with blue light-emitting diode Toshiyuki Komatsu, Tetsuo Iwata, and Tsutomu Araki pp. 1621-1626 Accurate measurements of the electro-optic coefficients and birefringence changes using an external modulation signal M. Aillerie, F. Abdi, M. D. Fontana, N. Théofanous, and E. Abarkan pp. 1627-1634 Use of a PVDF pyroelectric sensor for beam mapping and profiling of a mid-infrared diode laser G. Toci, M. Mazzoni, and P. Mazzinghi pp. 1635-1637

CHARGED PARTICLE SOURCES, OPTICS and ACCELERATION
A plasma-cathode electron source designed for industrial use Igor Osipov and Nikolai Rempe pp. 1638-1641 A novel 45-channel electron spectrometer for high intensity laser-plasma interaction studies C. Gahn, G. D. Tsakiris, K. J. Witte, P. Thirolf, and D. Habs pp. 1642-1645 Theoretical study of short electrostatic lens for the Columbia ion microprobe Alexander D. Dymnikov, David J. Brenner, Gary Johnson, and Gerhard Randers-Pehrson pp. 1646-1650 High-resolution energy analyzer with a large angular acceptance for photoelectron spectromicroscopy applications V. D. Belov and M. I. Yavor pp. 1651-1655
NUCLEAR PHYSICS, FUSION and PLASMAS
Pulsed spectrometer for nuclear quadrupole resonance for remote detection of nitrogen in explosives V. P. Anferov, G. V. Mozjoukhine, and R. Fisher pp. 1656-1659 Electrical probe with guard and automatic positioner J. M. García-Hernández, R. López-Callejas, E. Camps-Carvajal, and J. S. Benítez-Read pp. 1660-1663 Localization of emission through interpretation of observed Zeeman pattern J. L. Weaver, B. L. Welch, H. R. Griem, J. Terry, B. Lipschultz, C. S. Pitcher, S. Wolfe, D. A. Pappas, and C. Boswell pp. 1664-1670 Multilayer mirror soft x-ray spectrometer for fast electron temperature measurement on the compact helical system S. Lee, S. Duorah, A. Ejiri, H. Iguchi, A. Fujisawa, E. Ishiyama, Y. Takase, H. Toyama, M. Aramaki, M. Kojima, S. Okamura, and K. Matsuoka pp. 1671-1674
BASIC PHENOMENA
A fast and compact quantum random number generator Thomas Jennewein, Ulrich Achleitner, Gregor Weihs, Harald Weinfurter, and Anton Zeilinger pp. 1675-1680 Random telegraph noise analysis in time domain Y. Yuzhelevski, M. Yuzhelevski, and G. Jung pp. 1681-1688
MICROSCOPY and IMAGING
A new method to measure the oscillation of a cylindrical cantilever: "The laser reflection detection system" M. Antognozzi, H. Haschke, and M. J. Miles pp. 1689-1694 Operation characteristics of piezoelectric quartz tuning forks in high magnetic fields at liquid helium temperatures J. Rychen, T. Ihn, P. Studerus, A. Herrmann, K. Ensslin, H. J. Hug, P. J. A. van Schendel, and H. J. Güntherodt pp. 1695-1697 Digital scanning probe microscope controller for molecular manipulation applications M. J. Humphry, R. Chettle, P. J. Moriarty, M. D. Upward, and P. H. Beton pp. 1698-1701 A method for production of cheap, reliable Pt-Ir tips B. L. Rogers, J. G. Shapter, W. M. Skinner, and K. Gascoigne pp. 1702-1705 A sample-scanning confocal optical microscope for cryogenic operation J.-M. Segura, A. Renn, and B. Hecht pp. 1706-1711 Magnetic axial field measurements on a high resolution miniature scanning electron microscope Anjam Khursheed pp. 1712-1715
CONDENSED MATTER; MATERIALS
Simulation of the thermoelastic behavior of an LLL x-ray interferometer A. Bergamin, G. Cavagnero, G. Mana, E. Massa, and G. Zosi pp. 1716-1722 A planar x-ray waveguide with a tunable air gap for the structural investigation of confined fluids M. J. Zwanenburg, J. F. van der Veen, H. G. Ficke, and H. Neerings pp. 1723-1732 Simultaneous measurements of small angle x-ray scattering, wide angle x-ray scattering, and dielectric spectroscopy during crystallization of polymers I. [S-hacek] ics, A. Nogales, T. A. Ezquerra, Z. Denchev, F. J. Baltá-Calleja, A. Meyer, and R. Döhrmann pp. 1733-1736 Sample cell capable of 100% relative humidity suitable for x-ray diffraction of aligned lipid multibilayers J. Katsaras and M. J. Watson pp. 1737-1739 A picoampere current generator for membrane electroporation E. Pescio, A. Ridi, and A. Gliozzi pp. 1740-1744 Aerodynamic laser-heated contactless furnace for neutron scattering experiments at elevated temperatures Claude Landron, Louis Hennet, Jean-Pierre Coutures, Tudor Jenkins, Chantal Alétru, Neville Greaves, Alan Soper, and Gareth Derbyshire pp. 1745-1751 A focused magneto-optical Kerr magnetometer for Barkhausen jump observations E. Puppin, P. Vavassori, and L. Callegaro pp. 1752-1755 A high pressure device for measurements of the speed of sound in liquids Andrzej [Z]ak, Marzena Dzida, Micha [barred lower-case ell] Zor[e]bski, and Stefan Ernst pp. 1756-1765 Comparison of two methods of measuring the rapid temperature rises in split Hopkinson bar specimens S. M. Walley, W. G. Proud, P. J. Rae, and J. E. Field pp. 1766-1771 Measurements of the double piezoelectric effect W. F. Smith and B. W. Axelrod pp. 1772-1775 Low-noise electrometer and its low-noise cryogenic probe with completely guarded sample chamber Jie Yao and Jongsoo Yoon pp. 1776-1780 A method for determining intrinsic shapes of overlapping spectral lines in Auger-photoelectron coincidence spectroscopy D. A. Arena, R. A. Bartynski, and S. L. Hulbert pp. 1781-1787 Ultrathin-film differential-thermal-analysis apparatus with Simultaneous photoemission measurements Yasushi Yamamoto, Toshiaki Enami, Masakazu Kuroi, Noritaka Matsuie, Hisao Ishii, Kazuhiko Seki, and Yukio Ouchi pp. 1788-1792 Fast and accurate current-voltage curves of metallic quantum point contacts K. Hansen, S. K. Nielsen, E. Lægsgaard, I. Stensgaard, and F. Besenbacher pp. 1793-1803
CHEMISTRY
Computer-controlled instrumentation for fast voltammetry at ultramicroelectrodes L. Pospí [ess with caron] il, J. Fiedler, and N. Fanelli pp. 1804-1810 High resolution infrared direct absorption spectroscopy of ionic complexes Harold Linnartz, Dorinel Verdes, and Thomas Speck pp. 1811-1815 A pulsed Laval nozzle apparatus with laser ionization mass spectroscopy for direct measurements of rate coefficients at low temperatures with condensable gases Seonkyung Lee, Ray J. Hoobler, and Stephen R. Leone pp. 1816-1823
BIOLOGY and MEDICINE
Development of an isothermal titration microcalorimetric system with digital control and dynamic power Peltier compensation. I. Description and basic performance A. Velázquez-Campoy, O. López-Mayorga, and M. A. Cabrerizo-Vílchez pp. 1824-1831 Development of an isothermal titration microcalorimetric system with digital control and dynamic power peltier compensation. II. Characterization and operation mode. Myoglobin adsorption onto polymeric latex particles A. Velázquez-Campoy, O. López-Mayorga, and M. A. Cabrerizo-Vílchez pp. 1832-1840
ELECTRONICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC TECHNOLOGY; MICROWAVES
A fast readout and processing electronics for photon counting intensified charge-coupled device P. Bergamini, G. Bonelli, E. G. Tanzi, M. Uslenghi, L. Poletto, and G. Tondello pp. 1841-1848 Design and development of a phase sensitive detector for a microwave receiver M. K. Raina and Sushil Raina pp. 1849-1852 Nonuniform doping of the collector in avalanche transistors to improve the performance of Marx bank circuits Kanad Mallik pp. 1853-1861 Instrumentation for wide frequency range measurements of epoxy resin during microwave curing O. Meyer, S. Chevalier, N. Belhadj-Tahar, M. Fourrier, and A. Fourrier-Lamer pp. 1862-1868
GENERAL INSTRUMENTS
Photoacoustic imaging of voids in direct wafer bonding A. C. Gracias, C. Kuranaga, J. R. Senna, and M. D. Silva pp. 1869-1872 Study of magnetic properties of a cryogenic temperature sensor diode S. B. Ota, P. K. Mishra, V. C. Sahni, M. R. Singh, and Juan Bascuñán pp. 1873-1875 New diesel injection nozzle flow measuring device Milan Mar [c-hacek] i [c-hacek] pp. 1876-1882 Falling liquid film thickness measurement by an optical-electronic method J. T. Zhang, B. X. Wang, and X. F. Peng pp. 1883-1886 A capacitive transducer for monitoring tridimensional submicrometric displacements Franco Cabiati, Valter Giaretto, and Elio Miraldi pp. 1887-1895 Creep characteristics of piezoelectric actuators Hewon Jung and Dae-Gab Gweon pp. 1896-1900 A two-point calibration of negative temperature coefficient thermistors Jacob Fraden pp. 1901-1905 Frictional properties of microchannel plates and common detector materials M. Marckwordt and M. Lampton pp. 1906-1908
NOTES

Temperature-compensated meteorological barometer R. G. Harrison pp. 1909-1910 Nondestructive electroluminescence characterization of as-grown semiconductor optoelectronic device structures using indium-tin-oxide coated electrodes Sandip Ghosh and Thomas J. C. Hosea pp. 1911-1912 Sampling of the path difference in asymmetric white-light interferometry by means of ultraviolet HeCd-laser radiation Uwe Hohm and Achim Loose pp. 1913-1914 Estimation of lubricant thickness on a magnetic hard disk using acoustic emission A. Ravikiran and T. S. Low pp. 1915-1916