Review of Scientific Instruments, 2002, V 73, N 5, May.


ARTICLES

OPTICS; ATOMS and MOLECULES; SPECTROSCOPY
A monolithic polycapillary focusing optic for polychromatic neutron diffraction applications D. F. R. Mildner, H. H. Chen-Mayer, W. M. Gibson, T. Gna"upel-Herold, M. E. Miller, H. J. Prask, A. J. Schultz, R. Vitt, and R. Youngman pp. 1985-1993 A simple, high power, compact, intracavity frequency-doubled, Q-switched Nd:Y3Al5O12 laser Scott Christensen, Henry C. Kapteyn, Margaret M. Murnane, and Sterling Backus pp. 1994-1997 Superheterodyne light beating spectroscopy for Rayleigh-Brillouin scattering using frequency-tunable lasers Hajime Tanaka and Tsuyoshi Sonehara pp. 1998-2010 Direct measurement of laser power through a high numerical aperture oil immersion objective lens using a solid immersion lens Shigeki Matsuo and Hiroaki Misawa pp. 2011-2015
PARTICLE SOURCES, OPTICS and ACCELERATION, DETECTORS
Beam measurements on the H- source and low energy beam transport system for the Spallation Neutron Source R. Thomae, R. Gough, R. Keller, K. N. Leung, T. Schenkel, A. Aleksandrov, M. Stockli, and R. Welton pp. 2016-2019 Compact plasma accelerator device John E. Foster pp. 2020-2027 Residual images in charged-coupled device detectors Armin Rest, Lars Mu"ndermann, Ralf Widenhorn, Erik Bodegom, and T. C. McGlinn pp. 2028-2032
NUCLEAR PHYSICS, FUSION and PLASMAS
An emissive probe with a rhenium filament for measuring plasma potential in a radio frequency oxygen plasma E. H. Wilson, Jongtae Jeong, and N. Hershkowitz pp. 2033-2037 Neural networks for real time determination of radiated power in JET O. Barana, A. Murari, P. Franz, L. C. Ingesson, and G. Manduchi pp. 2038-2043 Technique for distinguishing and determining the origin of photon emissions from complex plasmas T. M. Mostefaoui, N. G. Adams, and L. M. Babcock pp. 2044-2050
MICROSCOPY and IMAGING
Polarization-modulation near-field optical microscope for quantitative local dichroism mapping L. Ramoino, M. Labardi, N. Maghelli, L. Pardi, M. Allegrini, and S. Patane` pp. 2051-2056 High-speed near-field scanning optical microscopy with a quartz crystal resonator Yongho Seo and Wonho Jhe pp. 2057-2059
CONDENSED MATTER; MATERIALS
A portable ultrahigh vacuum apparatus for the production and in situ characterization of clusters and cluster-assembled materials E. Barborini, F. Siviero, S. Vinati, C. Lenardi, P. Piseri, and P. Milani pp. 2060-2066 A facility for characterizing the dynamic mechanical behavior of thin membranes for microelectromechanical systems J. D. Hall, N. E. Apperson, B. T. Crozier, C. Xu, R. F. Richards, D. F. Bahr, and C. D. Richards pp. 2067-2072 Optical fiber interferometer for measuring the d33 coefficient of piezoelectric thin films with compensation of substrate bending J. R. Fernandes, F. A. de Sa', J. L. Santos, and E. Joanni pp. 2073-2078 Cylindrical mirror multipass Lissajous system for laser photoacoustic spectroscopy Lu-yuan Hao, Shi Qiang, Guo-rong Wu, Li Qi, Dang Feng, Qing-shi Zhu, and Zhang Hong pp. 2079-2085 A new tool for measuring polar magneto-optical Kerr hysteresis curves at high fields and low temperatures Wilhelmus J. Geerts, Brian Donehew, Vaughan Williams, and Thomas Schmiedel pp. 2086-2090 Noncontact technique for determining viscosity from the shape relaxation of ultrasonically levitated and initially elongated drops K. Ohsaka, A. Rednikov, S. S. Sadhal, and E. H. Trinh pp. 2091-2096 In-line dielectric monitoring during extrusion of filled polymers Anthony J. Bur, Steven C. Roth, and Michael McBrearty pp. 2097-2102 Direct method for monitoring two-beam coupling in photorefractive materials Jeffrey E. Hall and Daniel A. Higgins pp. 2103-2107 Adhesives for highly polished surfaces and low temperature: A simple test and results Isaac F. Silvera, A. Abate, A. Chijioke, and A. Pashin pp. 2108-2114
CHEMISTRY
Tandem time-of-flight mass spectrometer (TOF-TOF) with a quadratic-field ion mirror Anastassios E. Giannakopulos, Benjamin Thomas, Alex W. Colburn, David J. Reynolds, Emmanuel N. Raptakis, Alexander A. Makarov, and Peter J. Derrick pp. 2115-2123 In situ x-ray absorption fuel cell Rameshkrishnan Viswanathan, Renxuan Liu, and Eugene S. Smotkin pp. 2124-2127
BIOLOGY and MEDICINE
Using two-photon standing waves and patterned photobleaching to measure diffusion from nanometers to microns in biological systems Sara K. Davis and Christopher J. Bardeen pp. 2128-2135
GRAVITY; GEOPHYSICS; ASTRONOMY and ASTROPHYSICS
Development of a light source with an injection-locked Nd:YAG laser and a ring- mode cleaner for the TAMA 300 gravitational-wave detector Shigeo Nagano, Mark A. Barton, Hideki Ishizuka, Kazuaki Kuroda, Sumihiro Matsumura, Osamu Miyakawa, Shinji Miyoki, Daisuke Tatsumi, Takayuki Tomaru, Takashi Uchiyama, Masaki Ando, Koji Arai, Keita Kawabe, Naoko Ohishi, Akiteru Takamori et al. pp. 2136-2142 Last stage control and mechanical transfer function measurement of the VIRGO suspensions A. Bozzi, C. Bourgoin, S. Cortese, A. Errico, D. Enard, S. Mataguez, A. Paoli, A. Pasqualetti, P. Popolizio, F. Richard, J. M. Teuler, Z. Zhang, C. Boccara, M. Leliboux, V. Loriette et al. pp. 2143-2149 Folded pendulum tiltmeter Shuchao Wu, Shuhua Fan, Jun Luo, and Houtse Hsu pp. 2150-2156 A compact, high-resolution Paul ion trap mass spectrometer with electron-impact ionization O. J. Orient and A. Chutjian pp. 2157-2160 Laboratory surface astrophysics experiment Helen J. Fraser, Mark P. Collings, and Martin R. S. McCoustra pp. 2161-2170
ELECTRONICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC TECHNOLOGY; MICROWAVES
High resolution frequency stability measurement system G. Brida pp. 2171-2174 An improved Helmholtz coil and analysis of its magnetic field homogeneity Jian Wang, Shouxian She, and Sijiong Zhang pp. 2175-2179
GENERAL INSTRUMENTS
Experimental analysis of an integrated optics vibrometer Nicola Paone and Lorenzo Scalise pp. 2180-2184 The development and study of a fiber delivery system for beam shaping M. W. Greenaway, W. G. Proud, J. E. Field, and S. G. Goveas pp. 2185-2189 A novel tape target for use with repetitively pulsed lasers E. Fill, J. Bayerl, and R. Tommasini pp. 2190-2192 Micromachined droplet ejector arrays for controlled ink-jet printing and deposition Go"khan Perc,in and Butrus T. Khuri-Yakub pp. 2193-2196
NOTES

A compact general-purpose fast high-power pulser for inductive load Eli Flaxer pp. 2197-2199 A multipass hydrogen Raman shifter for the generation of broadband multifrequencies L. L. Losev, Y. Yoshimura, H. Otsuka, Y. Hirakawa, and T. Imasaka pp. 2200-2202 New quenching scheme for the generation of a nearly transform-limited picosecond pulse in a distributed feedback dye laser T. Deguchi, N. Takeyasu, and T. Imasaka pp. 2203-2204 A simple tool to cut the protruding flange of photoresist formed in spin coating process for lithography technology Y. Z. He, H. Niu, J. J. Qi, Y. G. Zhao, and B. S. Cao pp. 2205-2207 An open transverse z-gradient coil design for magnetic resonance imaging Stephen J. Dodd, Donald S. Williams, Carl Olson, Afonso C. Silva, Alan P. Koretsky, and Chien Ho pp. 2208-2210 Goniometric instrument for light scattering measurement of biological tissues and phantoms Rene' A. Bolt and Frits F. M. de Mul pp. 2211-2213