Review of Scientific Instruments, 2000, V 71, N 9.


ARTICLES

OPTICS; ATOMS and MOLECULES; SPECTROSCOPY
Cold neutron microprobe for materials analysis using tapered capillary optics V. A. Sharov, Q.-F. Xiao, I. Yu. Ponomarev, D. F. R. Mildner, and H. H. Chen-Mayer pp. 3247-3253 Performance of a very high resolution soft x-ray beamline BL25SU with a twin-helical undulator at SPring-8 Y. Saitoh, H. Kimura, Y. Suzuki, T. Nakatani, T. Matsushita, T. Muro, T. Miyahara, M. Fujisawa, K. Soda, S. Ueda, H. Harada, M. Kotsugi, A.Sekiyama, and S. Suga pp. 3254-3259 Apparatus for in situ x-ray absorption fine structure studies on catalytic systems in the energy range 1000 eVPARTICLE SOURCES, OPTICS and ACCELERATION Iron-cored coil system for the measurement of angular distributions of charged particles D. Cubric, R. Ward, G. C. King, and F. H. Read pp. 3323-3325 A technique for accurate measurements of ion beam current density using a Faraday cup C. E. Sosolik, A. C. Lavery, E. B. Dahl, and B. H. Cooper pp. 3326-3330 24 segment high field permanent sextupole magnets A. Vassiliev, V. Nelyubin, V. Koptev, P. Kravtsov, B. Lorentz, H. J. Marik, M. Mikirtytchiants, M. Nekipelov, F. Rathmann, H. Paetz gen. Schieck, H. Seyfarth, and E. Steffens pp. 3331-3341 Candlestick rubidium beam source M. R. Walkiewicz, P. J. Fox, and R. E. Scholten pp. 3342-3344
NUCLEAR PHYSICS, FUSION and PLASMAS
Design of an optical cell for pulse radiolysis of supercritical water Kenji Takahashi, Jason A. Cline, David M. Bartels, and Charles D.Jonah pp. 3345-3350 Plasma generation and confinement in a toroidal magnetic cusp J. Egedal, A. Fasoli, M. Porkolab, and D. Tarkowski pp. 3351-3361 Simulating a Maxwellian plasma using an electron beam ion trap D. W. Savin, P. Beiersdorfer, S. M. Kahn, B. R. Beck, G. V. Brown, M. F. Gu, D. A. Liedahl, and J. H. Scofield pp. 3362-3372 Simple and inexpensive current-driven magnetic multipole plasma homogenizer P. Machima, M. M. M. Bilek, O. R. Monteiro, and I. G. Brown pp. 3373-3376 Simultaneous measurements of plasma parameters in the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics Tokamak using a new low cost optoisolator J. Ghosh, P. K. Chattopadhyay, R. Pal, B. Bal, and P. S. Bhattacharya pp. 3377-3381 Probe measurements of electron temperature and density in strongly magnetized plasma S. V. Ratynskaia, V. I. Demidov, and K. Rypdal pp. 3382-3384 Simultaneous soft x-ray emissivity profile measurements in poloidally separate locations of the Alcator C-Mod edge plasma T. Sunn Pedersen and R. S. Granetz pp. 3385-3390 Application of Thomson scattering to identify ion acoustic waves stimulated by the Langmuir decay instability S. Depierreux, C. Labaune, J. Fuchs, and H. A. Baldis pp. 3391-3401 Stationary uniform plasmas by electron cyclotron heating in a linear multipole Masayuki Fukao, Tamotsu Mizuno, Yoshiharu Saito, and Hironobu Matsuo pp. 3402-3408
BASIC PHENOMENA
A new method for searching for free fractional charge particles in bulk matter Dinesh Loomba, Valerie Halyo, Eric R. Lee, Irwin T. Lee, Peter C. Kim, and Martin L. Perl pp. 3409-3414
MICROSCOPY and IMAGING
Calibration techniques and datatype extraction for time-resolved optical tomography Elizabeth M. C. Hillman, Jeremy C. Hebden, Florian E. W. Schmidt, Simon R. Arridge, Martin Schweiger, Hamid Dehghani, and David T. Delpy pp. 3415-3427 Cryogenic variable temperature ultrahigh vacuum scanning tunneling microscope E. T. Foley, A. F. Kam, and J. W. Lyding pp. 3428-3435 New open-loop actuating method of piezoelectric actuators for removing hysteresis and creep Hewon Jung, Jong Youp Shim, and DaeGab Gweon pp. 3436-3440 Easy-to-use unglued tip replacement near-field optical microscope with piezoelectric shear force detection D. Mulin, C. Vannier, C. Bainier, D. Courjon, and M. Spajer pp. 3441-3443
CONDENSED MATTER; MATERIALS
Triode electron bombardment evaporation source for ultrahigh vacuum thin film deposition R. Verucchi and S. Nannarone pp. 3444-3450 Multichannel ellipsometer for real time spectroscopy of thin film deposition from 1.5 to 6.5 eV J. A. Zapien, R. W. Collins, and R. Messier pp. 3451-3460 Using the speed of sound for in situ calibration of mass flow controllers Abdul Wajid pp. 3461-3463 Ultrasonic stress measurement using PC based and commercial flaw detectors Auteliano A. Santos and Don E. Bray pp. 3464-3469 Extension of frequency spectrum methods for phase velocity measurements in ultrasonic testing M. J. Lang, M. Duarte-Dominguez, and W. Arnold pp. 3470-3473 Electromechanical magnetization measurements at ultralow temperatures and high magnetic fields Takuo Sakon and Mitsuhiro Motokawa pp. 3474-3477 Highly sensitive reflection high-energy electron diffraction measurement by use of micro-channel imaging plate Koichiro Saiki, Takaomi Kono, Keiji Ueno, and Atsushi Koma pp. 3478-3479 Langmuir–Taylor surface ionization of alkali (Li, Na, K) and alkaline earth (Ca, Sr, Ba) atoms attached to helium droplets F. Stienkemeier, M. Wewer, F. Meier, and H. O. Lutz pp. 3480-3484
CHEMISTRY
Ultraviolet mini-Raman lidar for stand-off, in situ identification of chemical surface contaminants Mark D. Ray, Arthur J. Sedlacek, and Ming Wu pp. 3485-3489 Electric field induced second harmonic generation with and without fringes G. Meshulam, G. Berkovic, Z. Kotler, and A. Sa'ar pp. 3490-3493 Laser induced fluorescence measurements of dissolved oxygen concentration fields near air bubble surfaces Sabita Roy and Steve R. Duke pp. 3494-3501 Temperature programmed desorption using time-of-flight mass spectrometry C. Kim, X.-M. Yan, and J. M. White pp. 3502-3505 Photopyroelectric thermal wave setup for the absolute measurement of the thermal conductivity of low density gases J. Caerels, C. Glorieux, and J. Thoen pp. 3506-3512 An equipment for three-dimensional spatially resolved gas analysis M. Johansson, I. Lundström, and L.-G. Ekedahl pp. 3513-3521
BIOLOGY and MEDICINE
A new stretching apparatus for applying anisotropic mechanical strain to bone cells in-vitro B. Grabner, F. Varga, N. Fratzl-Zelman, E. Luegmayr, H. Glantschnig, M. Rumpler, A. Tatschl, P. Fratzl, and K. Klaushofer pp. 3522-3529 Imaging surface plasmon resonance sensor based on multiple wavelengths: Sensitivity considerations Knut Johansen, Hans Arwin, Ingemar Lundström, and Bo Liedberg pp. 3530-3538
GRAVITY; GEOPHYSICS; ASTRONOMY and ASTROPHYSICS
A newly developed low drift fast response salinity meter A. A. Bidokhti pp. 3539-3542
ELECTRONICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC TECHNOLOGY; MICROWAVES
Matrix readout scheme for superconducting tunnel junction arrays D. D. E. Martin, A. Peacock, P. Verhoeve, A. Poelaert, and R. Venn pp. 3543-3551 A simplified six-port model in the radio frequency regime F. J. Blok and J. W. J. Verschuur pp. 3552-3558 A high-bandwidth electrical waveform generator based on an aperture-coupled stripline M. D. Skeldon pp. 3559-3566
GENERAL INSTRUMENTS
A liquid nitrogen immersion cryostat for optical measurements Steven S. Andrews and Steven G. Boxer pp. 3567-3569 Highly accurate smoothing filter H. Flores-Llamas pp. 3570-3578 Ultrasonic imaging, particle detection, and V(z) measurements in molten zinc using focused clad buffer rods I. Ihara, C.-K. Jen, and D. Ramos França pp. 3579-3586 Measurement of friction drag force on discontinuous glass and polymer fibers Riccardo Tresso and David R. Munoz pp. 3587-3594
NOTES

An ultralow supply voltage circuit for driving blue light emitting diodes Tai-Shan Liao and Chun-Ming Chang pp. 3595-3596