Performance of new infrared beamline U12IR at the National Synchrotron Light Source R. P. S. M. Lobo, J. D. LaVeigne, D. H. Reitze, D. B. Tanner, and G. L. Carr pp. 2899-2904Characterization and stabilization of fiber-coupled laser diode arrays D. F. Phillips, G. P. Wong, D. Bear, R. E. Stoner, and R. L. Walsworth pp. 2905-2909
New fiber-optic attenuator calibration technique using linear intensity modulation characteristics of a laser diode Ranjit Singh and Tomoteru Kawakami pp. 2910-2911
Silicon-anode detector with integrated electronics for microchannel-plate imaging detectors J. S. Vickers and S. Chakrabarti pp. 2912-2916
Group-phase refractive index method for improving the accuracy in two-color interferometric length measurements Lijiang Zeng, Hirokazu Matsumoto, and Katuo Seta pp. 2917-2920
An interferometric determination of the refractive part of optical constants for carbon and silver across soft x-ray absorption edges Denis Joyeux, François Polack, and Daniel Phalippou pp. 2921-2926
Calibration procedures for charge-coupled device x-ray detectors S. L. Barna, M. W. Tate, S. M. Gruner, and E. F. Eikenberry pp. 2927-2934
A tunable focusing beamline for desktop x-ray microtomography N. Gurker, R. Nell, G. Seiler, and J. Wallner pp. 2935-2949
X-ray fluorescence analysis on the base of polycapillary Kumakhov optics S. V. Nikitina, A. S. Shcherbakov, and N. S. Ibraimov pp. 2950-2956
Compact simplified design of optical cell for single-molecule spectroscopy V. Palm pp. 2957-2959
Optical properties of mirrors for focusing of non-normal incidence atom beams R. J. Wilson, B. Holst, and W. Allison pp. 2960-2967
CHARGED PARTICLE SOURCES, OPTICS and ACCELERATION A new detector for measuring three-dimensional momenta of charged particles in coincidence M. Lavollée pp. 2968-2974
Hollow-cathode plasma electron gun for beam generation at forepump gas pressure Viktor Burdovitsin and Efim Oks pp. 2975-2978
The effect of microwave frequency and grad B on the energy of electrons in an electron cyclotron resonance ion source H. Koivisto pp. 2979-2983
Control system for ALID-7 linear accelerator used in radiation processing D. I. Martin, A. Jianu, V. Bestea, M. Toma, C. Oproiu, and S. Marghitu pp. 2984-2987
Longitudinal impedance tuner using new material FINEMET K. Koba, D. Arakawa, M. Fujieda, K. Ikegami, Y. Ishi, Y. Kanai, C. Kubota, S. Machida, Y. Mori, C. Ohmori, K. Shinto, S. Shibuya, A. Takagi, T. Toyama, T. Uesugi et al. pp. 2988-2992
NUCLEAR PHYSICS, FUSION and PLASMAS Annular Malmberg–Penning trap for studies of plasma confinement Scott Robertson and Bob Walch pp. 2993-2996
On the harmonic technique to measure electron temperature with high time resolution J. A. Boedo, D. Gray, R. W. Conn, P. Luong, M. Schaffer, R. S. Ivanov, A. V. Chernilevsky, and G. Van Oost pp. 2997-3006
A new sniffer probe for the determination of hydrogen isotope ratios in the W7-AS stellarator P. Zebisch and E. Taglauer pp. 3007-3014
Use of Langmuir probes in non-Maxwellian space plasmas Walter R. Hoegy and Larry H. Brace pp. 3015-3024
Vertical variant of a double channel-cut crystal spectrometer for investigation of laser-generated plasmas O. Renner, P. K. Patel, J. S. Wark, E. Krousky, P. E. Young, and R. W. Lee pp. 3025-3031
Temperature measurement of an atmospheric-pressure plasma torch S. P. Kuo, E. Koretzky, and R. J. Vidmar pp. 3032-3034
BASIC PHENOMENA >High sensitivity 2 T vibrating sample magnetometer D. Dufeu and P. Lethuillier pp. 3035-3039
A HTc superconducting quantum interference device preamplifier stage to detect 3He nuclear precession E. Sassier, Y. Monfort, C. Gunther, D. Robbes, O. Moreau, and H. Gilles pp. 3040-3045
Fluorescence temperature sensing on rotating samples in the cryogenic range F. Bresson and R. Devillers pp. 3046-3051
A novel resonant beam technique to determine the elastic moduli in dependence on orientation and temperature up to 2000 °C W. Lins, G. Kaindl, H. Peterlik, and K. Kromp pp. 3052-3058
MICROSCOPY and IMAGING Preparation of platinum/iridium scanning probe microscopy tips A. H. Sørensen, U. Hvid, M. W. Mortensen, and K. A. Mørch pp. 3059-3067
Nanometer-displacement detection of optically trapped metallic particles based on critical angle method for small force detection Eiji Higurashi, Renshi Sawada, and Takahiro Ito pp. 3068-3073
CONDENSED MATTER; MATERIALS Design and fabrication of a simple pneumatic loading attachment for diamond anvil cells Ravhi S. Kumar, A. Sekar, N. Victor Jaya, and S. Natarajan pp. 3074-3076
Rotating analyzer–fixed analyzer ellipsometer based on null type ellipsometer Stoyan C. Russev and Tzanimir Vl. Arguirov pp. 3077-3082
Evanescent microwave probes on high-resistivity silicon and its application in characterization of semiconductors M. Tabib-Azar, D. Akinwande, G. E. Ponchak, and S. R. LeClair pp. 3083-3086
ac self-field loss measurement system Lubomil Jansak pp. 3087-3091
Mirror-image calibrator for resonant perturbation method in surface resistance measurements of high Tc superconducting thin films C. K. Ong, Linfeng Chen, Jian Lu, S. Y. Xu, Xuesong Rao, and B. T. G. Tan pp. 3092-3096
Radio-frequency impedance measurements using a tunnel-diode oscillator technique H. Srikanth, J. Wiggins, and H. Rees pp. 3097-3101
Space charge measurement in a dielectric material after irradiation with a 30 kV electron beam: Application to single-crystals oxide trapping properties B. Vallayer, G. Blaise, and D. Treheux pp. 3102-3112
Automated, low-temperature dielectric relaxation apparatus for measurement of air-sensitive, corrosive, hygroscopic, powdered samples Paul W. R. Bessonette and Mary Anne White pp. 3113-3114
Deconvolution and measurement of bulk and surface optical absorptions in Ti:Al2O3 crystals using photopyroelectric interferometry Chinhua Wang and Andreas Mandelis pp. 3115-3124
Modeling multifrequency eddy current sensor interactions during vertical Bridgman growth of semiconductors Kumar P. Dharmasena and Haydn N. G. Wadley pp. 3125-3142
Improvements on a particle feeder for experiments requiring low feed rates Lin Tang and Wei-Yin Chen pp. 3143-3144
BIOLOGY and MEDICINE Miniaturized nondestructive microwave sensor for chickpea moisture measurement Mahesh P. Abegaonkar, R. N. Karekar, and R. C. Aiyer pp. 3145-3149
Gas dynamics of ethylene oxide during sterilization Z. Zhu, I. P. Matthews, and C. Wang pp. 3150-3155
GRAVITY; GEOPHYSICS; ASTRONOMY and ASTROPHYSICS Nondispersive infrared monitoring of NO emissions in exhaust gases of vehicles A. J. de Castro, J. Meneses, S. Briz, and F. López pp. 3156-3159
A new simple compact refractometer applied to measurements of air density fluctuations H. Fang and P. Juncar pp. 3160-3166
Gated time-of-flight plasma composition analyzer for space physics research John W. Keller, Dennis J. Chornay, Floyd H. Hunsaker, Keith W. Ogilvie, and Michael A. Coplan pp. 3167-3172
ELECTRONICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC TECHNOLOGY; MICROWAVES Wide-band low-noise tunnel current measurements in laser assisted experiments J. Jersch, F. Demming, I. Fedotov, and K. Dickmann pp. 3173-3176
A method for measuring low capacitance for tomography FuQun Shao and QinGuo Mong pp. 3177-3179
The operation and modeling of transmission line transformers using a referral method P. N. Graneau, J. O. Rossi, and P. W. Smith pp. 3180-3185
NOTES
Source of potential systematic error in retarding-potential Mott polarimeters J. C. Lancaster, F. J. Kontur, G. K. Walters, and F. B. Dunning pp. 3186-3187