Review of Scientific Instruments, 2002, V 73, N 8, August.
REVIEW ARTICLE
Charge-coupled device area x-ray detectors
Sol M. Gruner, Mark W. Tate, and Eric F. Eikenberry
pp. 2815-2842
ARTICLES
OPTICS; ATOMS and MOLECULES; SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTON DETECTORS
Synchronization of two passively mode-locked, picosecond lasers within 20 fs for
coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering microscopy
David J. Jones, Eric O. Potma, Ji-xin Cheng, Berndt Burfeindt, Yang Pang,
Jun Ye, and X. Sunney Xie
pp. 2843-2848
Ultrahigh vacuum-compatible fluorescence x-ray absorption fine structure
detector
R. A. Gordon, E. D. Crozier, J. Shoults, and D.-T. Jiang
pp. 2849-2851
A synchronized rotating crystal x-ray beam chopper
Armon McPherson, Wah-Keat Lee, and Dennis M. Mills
pp. 2852-2855
PARTICLE SOURCES, OPTICS and ACCELERATION; PARTICLE DETECTORS
Linear Paul trap for strontium ions
D. J. Berkeland
pp. 2856-2860
Permanent magnet Penning trap for heavy ion storage
L. Suess, C. D. Finch, R. Parthasarathy, S. B. Hill, and F. B. Dunning
pp. 2861-2866
Imaging of heavy-ion beams on kapton film
F. M. Bieniosek, J. W. Kwan, L. Prost, and P. A. Seidl
pp. 2867-2871
Improved electron ionization ion source for the detection of supersonic
molecular beams
Aviv Amirav, Alexander Fialkov, and Alexander Gordin
pp. 2872-2876
A simple passive monitor for integrating measurements of indoor thoron
concentrations
Weihai Zhuo, Shinji Tokonami, Hidenori Yonehara, and Yuji Yamada
pp. 2877-2881
NUCLEAR PHYSICS, FUSION and PLASMAS
High-frequency probing diagnostic for Hall current plasma thrusters
A. A. Litvak, Y. Raitses, and N. J. Fisch
pp. 2882-2885
70 keV neutral hydrogen beam injector with energy recovery for application in
thermonuclear fusion research
A. Simonin, A. Armitano, R. Brugnetti, V. Cano, H. Dougnac, and P. Fazilleau
pp. 2886-2889
Optimization of apertures and collimators for multi-channel plasma diagnostics
L. C. Ingesson and D. J. Wilson
pp. 2890-2899
Thermal instability of electrolytic capacitor bank used for gas puff valve
P. M. Bellan
pp. 2900-2905
MICROSCOPY and IMAGING
A high-resolution mixed field immersion lens attachment for conventional
scanning electron microscopes
A. Khursheed and N. Karuppiah
pp. 2906-2909
Magneto-optical microscope magnetometer for simultaneous local probing of
magnetic properties
Sug-Bong Choe, Dong-Hyun Kim, Yoon-Chul Cho, Hyuk-Jae Jang, Kwang-Su Ryu,
Hae-Seung Lee, and Sung-Chul Shin
pp. 2910-2916
Minimization of fixed pattern noise in photon event counting imaging
Klaus Suhling, Robert W. Airey, and Brian L. Morgan
pp. 2917-2922
A combined scanning probe microscope
Stefan Lányi and Miloslav Hrukovic
pp. 2923-2927
Characterization and optimization of scan speed for tapping-mode atomic force
microscopy
T. Sulchek, G. G. Yaralioglu, C. F. Quate, and S. C. Minne
pp. 2928-2936
A cryogenic scanning near-field optical microscope with shear-force gapwidth
control
A. Kramer, J.-M. Segura, A. Hunkeler, A. Renn, and B. Hecht
pp. 2937-2941
Preparation of cantilevered W tips for atomic force microscopy and apertureless
near-field scanning optical microscopy
W. X. Sun, Z. X. Shen, F. C. Cheong, G. Y. Yu, K. Y. Lim, and J. Y. Lin
pp. 2942-2947
CONDENSED MATTER; MATERIALS
Optimization of neutron scattering instrumentation using neutron spin echo:
Application to the discrimination of diffuse scattering in neutron reflectivity
experiments
Roger Pynn, Michael R. Fitzsimmons, M. Theo Rekveldt, Janos Major, Helmut
Fritzsche, Dieter Weller, and Earl C. Johns
pp. 2948-2957
Third-generation conical spot profile analyzing low-energy electron diffraction
P. Zahl and M. Horn-von Hoegen
pp. 2958-2962
Biaxial testing of nanoscale films on compliant substrates: Fatigue and fracture
B. Erdem Alaca, John C. Selby, M. T. A. Saif, and Huseyin Sehitoglu
pp. 2963-2970
Automatically reigniting dc vacuum arc plasma source
Liuhe Li, Tao Zhang, Paul K. Chu, and Ian G. Brown
pp. 2971-2973
Characterization of a high-density, direct-current reflex discharge plasma
source operating in Ar and N2
E. I. Toader, W. G. Graham, C. M. O. Mahony, and P. G. Steen
pp. 2974-2980
Viscous flow reactor with quartz crystal microbalance for thin film growth by
atomic layer deposition
J. W. Elam, M. D. Groner, and S. M. George
pp. 2981-2987
Precision auto-alignment for the specimen stage of an ellipsometer
Sunglim Park, Jaewha Jung, DaeGab Gweon, and Young Dong Kim
pp. 2988-2993
A cell for combined UV-visible and x-ray absorption spectroscopy studies under
low-temperature and air exclusion conditions
V. S. I. Sprakel, M. C. Feiters, R. J. M. Nolte, P. M. F. M. Hombergen,
A. Groenen, and H. J. R. De Haas
pp. 2994-2998
Thermoelectric power measurement under hydrostatic pressure using a self-clamped
pressure cell
E. S. Choi, Haeyong Kang, Y. J. Jo, and W. Kang
pp. 2999-3002
A laser ablation electron impact ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometer for
analysis of condensed materials
F. Drewnick and P. H. Wieser
pp. 3003-3006
Instrumentation and start up of a new elongational rheometer with a preshearing
history
Sara Ríos, Jorge Díaz, Abraham Galindo, Enrique Soto, Fausto Calderas, and
Baltasar Mena
pp. 3007-3011
Guarded needle for "charge injection" measurement
Yang Cao, Grace Ge Jiang, and Steven Boggs
pp. 3012-3017
Development of a versatile SMOKE system with electrochemical applications
Jennifer R. Hampton, José-Luis Martínez-Albertos, and Héctor D. Abruña
pp. 3018-3021
Torque magnetometry in pulsed magnetic fields with use of a commercial
microcantilever
E. Ohmichi and T. Osada
pp. 3022-3026
Cavities with axially uniform fields for use in electron paramagnetic resonance.
II. Free space generalization
James R. Anderson, Richard R. Mett, and James S. Hyde
pp. 3027-3037
Nuclear magnetic resonance method for determining the magnetic easy direction in
anisotropic paramagnetic powders
Ben-Li Young, M. S. Rose, D. E. MacLaughlin, K. Ishida, O. O. Bernal,
H. G. Lukefahr, K. Heuser, E. J. Freeman, and M. B. Maple
pp. 3038-3043
CHEMISTRY
Deconvolving two-dimensional images of three-dimensional momentum trajectories
K. Zhao, T. Colvin, W. T. Hill III, and G. Zhang
pp. 3044-3050
Characterization and application of an externally mounted catalytic converter
for aircraft measurements of NOy
L. Lange, H. Fischer, U. Parchatka, C. Gurk, T. Zenker, and G. W. Harris
pp. 3051-3057
Electron stimulated desorption of negative ions: A time-of-flight experiment
C. Goeden and G. Dollinger
pp. 3058-3064
BIOLOGY and MEDICINE
Noninvasive, low-noise, fast imaging of blood volume and deoxygenation changes
in muscles using light-emitting diode continuous-wave imager
Yuanqing Lin, Gwen Lech, Shoko Nioka, Xavier Intes, and Britton Chance
pp. 3065-3074
ELECTRONICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC TECHNOLOGY; MICROWAVES
A fast low noise charge preamplifier for position sensitive detectors
David Beltrán and Josep Antoni Perlas
pp. 3075-3079
High-voltage pulse switching hardware for electro-optic studies of conducting
aqueous solutions
Scott A. Riley, Skipp May, and Matthew P. Augustine
pp. 3080-3084
Differential and double-differential dielectric spectroscopy to measure complex
permittivity in transmission lines
Leandro Lanzi, Marcello Carlà, Cecilia M. C. Gambi, and Leonardo Lanzi
pp. 3085-3088
THERMOMETRY; THERMAL DIFFUSIVITY; ACOUSTIC; PHOTOTHERMAL and PHOTOACOUSTIC
Characteristics of chromium doped spinel crystals for a fiber-optic thermometer
application
H. Aizawa, N. Ohishi, S. Ogawa, E. Watanabe, T. Katsumata, S. Komuro,
T. Morikawa, and E. Toba
pp. 3089-3092
GENERAL INSTRUMENTS
Electrical impedance spectroscopy device for measurement of moisture gradients
in wood
M. Tiitta and H. Olkkonen
pp. 3093-3100
Design calculations for flexure hinges
Yingfei Wu and Zhaoying Zhou
pp. 3101-3106
Precise standard system for low dc magnetic field reproduction
P. G. Park, Y. G. Kim, V. Ya. Shifrin, and V. N. Khorev
pp. 3107-3111
Gamma radiation resistant Fabry–Perot fiber optic sensors
Hanying Liu, Don W. Miller, and Joseph Talnagi
pp. 3112-3118
NOTES
A magnetized torch module for plasma generation
S. P. Kuo, D. Bivolaru, and Lester Orlick
pp. 3119-3121
Continuous real-time measurement of fluorescence lifetimes
W. Trabesinger, C. G. Hübner, B. Hecht, and U. P. Wild
pp. 3122-3124
Multichannel bit error rate tester for fiber optic transceiver testing
Samuel I. Green
pp. 3125-3127
Simple, compact source for low-temperature air plasmas
D. P. Sheehan, J. Lawson, M. Sosa, and R. A. Long
pp. 3128-3130
Soft x-ray output from a pinch plasma using laser-induced Au plasma
Akira Ohzu and Kazunori Ito
pp. 3131-3132
ERRATA
Erratum: "Goniometric instrument for light scattering measurement of biological
tissues and phantoms" [Rev. Sci. Instrum. 73, 2211(2002)]
René A. Bolt and Frits F. M. de Mul
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