Review of Scientific Instruments, 2003, V 74, N 5, May.


REVIEW ARTICLE

Techniques and mechanisms applied in electron cyclotron resonance sources for highly charged ions A. G. Drentje pp. 2631-2645
ARTICLES

OPTICS; ATOMS and MOLECULES; SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTON DETECTORS
Very high long-term stability synchroscan streak camera Wilfried Uhring, Chantal Virginie Zint, Patrick Summ, and Bernard Cunin pp. 2646-2653 Multichannel detector–collimator for powder diffraction measurements at energy scanning x-ray absorption spectroscopy synchrotron radiation beamlines for high-pressure and high-temperature applications Adriano Filipponi, Valentina M. Giordano, Simone De Panfilis, Andrea Di Cicco, Emiliano Principi, Angela Trapananti, Michael Borowski, and Jean-Paul Itie` pp. 2654-2663 New Pockels field sensor with ferroelectric liquid-crystal phase modulator K. Tada, Y. Tanaka, T. Takada, and Y. Murooka pp. 2664-2669 Thinning-out in optimized pulse shaping method using genetic algorithm R. Mizoguchi, K. Onda, S. S. Kano, and A. Wada pp. 2670-2674 Design of a fast in situ infrared diagnostic tool M. F. A. M. van Hest, A. Klaver, D. C. Schram, and M. C. M. van de Sanden pp. 2675-2684 Detection of cold metastable atoms at a surface D. Schneble, M. Hasuo, T. Anker, T. Pfau, and J. Mlynek pp. 2685-2689
NUCLEAR PHYSICS, FUSION and PLASMAS
First results of pinhole neutron imaging for inertial confinement fusion C. R. Christensen, Cris W. Barnes, G. L. Morgan, M. Wilke, and D. C. Wilson pp. 2690-2694 CO2 laser polarimeter for electron density profile measurement on the Large Helical Device T. Akiyama, S. Tsuji-Iio, R. Shimada, K. Nakayama, S. Okajima, M. Takahashi, K. Terai, K. Tanaka, T. Tokuzawa, and K. Kawahata pp. 2695-2703 Improved planar radio frequency inductively coupled plasma configuration in plasma immersion ion implantation D. L. Tang, R. K. Y. Fu, X. B. Tian, and P. K. Chu pp. 2704-2708 TOBI: A two-laser beam infrared system for time-resolved plasma diagnostics of infrared active compounds J. B. McManus, D. Nelson, M. Zahniser, L. Mechold, M. Osiac, J. Ro"pcke, and A. Rousseau pp. 2709-2713
MICROSCOPY and IMAGING
Development of a multiphoton fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy system using a streak camera R. V. Krishnan, H. Saitoh, H. Terada, V. E. Centonze, and B. Herman pp. 2714-2721 A probe-positioning method with two-dimensional calibration pattern for micro-multi-point probes Wataru Yashiro, Ichiro Shiraki, and Kazushi Miki pp. 2722-2725 Noncontact atomic force microscopy: Stability criterion and dynamical responses of the shift of frequency and damping signal G. Couturier, R. Boisgard, L. Nony, and J. P. Aime' pp. 2726-2734 A scanning capacitance microscope based on a coaxial resonator: High sensitivity and cheap and compact design without the use of lock-in detection systems Marco Ferrara and Ottorino Odoardi pp. 2735-2743 Combined Kerr microscope and magnetic force microscope for variable temperature ultrahigh vacuum investigations D. Peterka, A. Enders, G. Haas, and K. Kern pp. 2744-2748 Superconducting microwave resonator for millikelvin magnetic resonance force microscopy H. J. Mamin, R. Budakian, and D. Rugar pp. 2749-2753
CONDENSED MATTER; MATERIALS
Microspectroscopic two-dimensional Fermi surface mapping using a photoelectron emission microscope M. Kotsugi, W. Kuch, F. Offi, L. I. Chelaru, and J. Kirschner pp. 2754-2758 The high-flux backscattering spectrometer at the NIST Center for Neutron Research A. Meyer, R. M. Dimeo, P. M. Gehring, and D. A. Neumann pp. 2759-2777 Neutron sample cell suitable for the diffraction of aligned biomaterials and capable of exerting up to 370 MPa of hydrostatic pressure M. J. Watson, M.-P. Nieh, T. A. Harroun, and J. Katsaras pp. 2778-2781 A simple and efficient cryogenic loading technique for diamond anvil cells Michael Pravica and Benjaman Remmers pp. 2782-2783 Two-color photoionization spectroscopy using vacuum ultraviolet synchrotron radiation and infrared optical parametric oscillator laser Ximei Qian, Tao Zhang, C. Y. Ng, A. H. Kung, and Musa Ahmed pp. 2784-2790 Ultrahigh-vacuum soft x-ray reflectometer Maurizio Sacchi, Carlo Spezzani, Piero Torelli, Antoine Avila, Renaud Delaunay, and Coryn F. Hague pp. 2791-2795 Differential pressure experiment to probe hole growth in freely standing polymer films C. B. Roth, B. G. Nickel, J. R. Dutcher, and K. Dalnoki-Veress pp. 2796-2804 Electrical conductivity measurements of oxides from molten state to glassy state Claire Simonnet, Jean Phalippou, Mohammed Malki, and Agne`s Grandjean pp. 2805-2810
CHEMISTRY
Capillary-discharge-based portable detector for chemical vapor monitoring Yixiang Duan, Yongxuan Su, and Zhe Jin pp. 2811-2816 Impedance probe to measure local gas volume fraction and bubble velocity in a bubbly liquid R. Zenit, D. L. Koch, and A. S. Sangani pp. 2817-2827 Instrument equipped with Maxwell displacement current and optical second-harmonic generation measurement system Atsushi Tojima, Takaaki Manaka, and Mitsumasa Iwamoto pp. 2828-2835
BIOLOGY and MEDICINE
A compact, parallel-detection diffuse optical mammography system Nicusor Iftimia, Xuejun Gu, Yong Xu, and Huabei Jiang pp. 2836-2842 A coil combination for magnetic resonance perfusion imaging of mice in vivo at 7 T Jo"rg U. G. Streif, Titus Lanz, Mark Griswold, Eberhard Rommel, and Axel Haase pp. 2843-2848
GRAVITY; GEOPHYSICS; ASTRONOMY and ASTROPHYSICS
On the significance of the period fitting method C. G. Shao, E. J. Luan, and J. Luo pp. 2849-2852
ELECTRONICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC TECHNOLOGY; MICROWAVES
Transparent miniature dielectric resonator for electron paramagnetic resonance experiments Aharon Blank, Eli Stavitski, Haim Levanon, and Firdus Gubaydullin pp. 2853-2859 Accurate frequency measurement of a submillimeter wave gyrotron output using a far-infrared laser as a reference T. Idehara, S. Mitsudo, S. Saito, I. Ogawa, and S. Okajima pp. 2860-2862
THERMOMETRY; THERMAL DIFFUSIVITY; ACOUSTIC; PHOTOTHERMAL and PHOTOACOUSTIC
Development of a five-band multi-spectral infrared radiometer for low temperature measurements Hideyuki Minato and Yoshinari Ishido pp. 2863-2870 Inverse problem in air-saturated porous media via reflected waves Z. E. A. Fellah, S. Berger, W. Lauriks, C. Depollier, and J. Y. Chapelon pp. 2871-2879 Dual temperature and strain sensor using a combined fiber Bragg grating and fluorescence intensity ratio technique in Er3+-doped fiber S. Trpkovski, S. A. Wade, G. W. Baxter, and S. F. Collins pp. 2880-2885 Direct contact packed bed thermal gradient attenuators: Theoretical analysis and experimental observations Kevin M. Lawton, Steven R. Patterson, and Russell G. Keanini pp. 2886-2893
GENERAL INSTRUMENTS
Microstitching interferometry for x-ray reflective optics Kazuto Yamauchi, Kazuya Yamamura, Hidekazu Mimura, Yasuhisa Sano, Akira Saito, Kazumasa Ueno, Katsuyoshi Endo, Alexei Souvorov, Makina Yabashi, Kenji Tamasaku, Tetsuya Ishikawa, and Yuzo Mori pp. 2894-2898 Revised characterization of the controlled clearance piston gauge D. H. Newhall, W. C. Newhall, and B. T. Malloy pp. 2899-2910 Infrared thermal velocimetry for nonintrusive flow measurement in silicon microfluidic devices Jaewon Chung, Costas P. Grigoropoulos, and Ralph Greif pp. 2911-2917 Development of a piezoelectric actuator using a three-dimensional bridge-type hinge mechanism Jun Hyung Kim, Soo Hyun Kim, and Yoon Keun Kwak pp. 2918-2924 Foamability and foam stability at high pressures and temperatures. I. Instrument validation Eric Tyrode, Aldo Pizzino, and Orlando J. Rojas pp. 2925-2932
NOTES

Application of carbon nanotubes to topographical resolution enhancement of tapered fiber scanning near field optical microscopy probes S. T. Huntington and S. P. Jarvis pp. 2933-2935 Baseline resolution of 1,2H and 3,4He isotope mixtures with a Paul ion trap mass spectrometer O. J. Orient and A. Chutjian pp. 2936-2938 Development of a coherent vacuum ultraviolet source at 104–108 nm generated by four-wave sum frequency mixing in Hg vapor Chan Ho Kwon, Hong Lae Kim, and Myung Soo Kim pp. 2939-2941