ARTICLES
OPTICS; ATOMS and MOLECULES; SPECTROSCOPY Tabletop terahertz-wave parametric generator using a compact, diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser Atsushi Sato, Kodo Kawase, Hiroaki Minamide, Satoshi Wada, and Hiromasa Ito pp. 3501-3504PARTICLE SOURCES, OPTICS and ACCELERATION, DETECTORS Neutral C60 effusive source for atomic collisions with fullerene R. F. M. Lobo and N. T. Silva pp. 3505-3506A new compensating element for a femtosecond photoelectron gun Bao-Liang Qian and Hani E. Elsayed-Ali pp. 3507-3513
NUCLEAR PHYSICS, FUSION and PLASMAS Calibration procedure and data processing for a TV Thomson scattering system C. J. Barth, C. C. Chu, M. N. A. Beurskens, and H. J. v. d. Meiden pp. 3514-3527
Rotating magnetic field oscillator system for current drive in the translation, confinement, and sustainment experiment S. J. Tobin, W. A. Reass, L. S. Schrank, G. A. Wurden, H. Y. Guo, A. L. Hoffman, and D. Lotz pp. 3528-3533
Fusion fuel ion temperature diagnostic for directly driven implosions J. B. Chen, Z. J. Zheng, H. S. Peng, B. H. Zhang, Y. K. Ding, M. Chen, H. S. Chen, and T. S. Wen pp. 3534-3536
MICROSCOPY and IMAGING A high-pressure scanning tunneling microscope E. Laegsgaard, L. Österlund, P. Thostrup, P. B. Rasmussen, I. Stensgaard, and F. Besenbacher pp. 3537-3542A technique to investigate inhomogeneity in materials: An arrangement of microtip and scanning electron microscope S. Paul and F. J Clough pp. 3543-3545
Combination of a Besocke-type scanning tunneling microscope with a scanning electron microscope A. Emundts, P. Coenen, G. Pirug, B. Voigtländer, H. P. Bonzel, and P. Wynblatt pp. 3546-3551
Compact coarse approach mechanism for scanning tunneling microscope Anjan K. Gupta and K.-W. Ng pp. 3552-3555
The extended surface forces apparatus. II. Precision temperature control M. Heuberger, J. Vanicek, and M. Zäch pp. 3556-3560
Estimating bias error distributions Tianshu Liu and Tom D. Finley pp. 3561-3571
CONDENSED MATTER; MATERIALS Noncontact surface tension measurement by drop rotation Won-Kyu Rhim and Takehiko Ishikawa pp. 3572-3575Controlling probe-sample separation with aerodynamic floating Zoran Popovic, Johann Junjinger, Philip Waldron, and John Graham pp. 3576-3579
An algorithm for computing linear four-point probe thickness correction factors Robert A. Weller pp. 3580-3586 Experimental configuration for isentropic compression of solids using pulsed magnetic loading C. A. Hall, J. R. Asay, M. D. Knudson, W. A. Stygar, R. B. Spielman, T. D. Pointon, D. B. Reisman, A. Toor, and R. C. Cauble pp. 3587-3595
Volume and surface photoemission from a niobium target by polarized ultraviolet radiation A. Donateo, L. Martina, and V. Nassisi pp. 3596-3599
Miniature high-resolution thermometer for low-temperature applications Paul B. Welander and Inseob Hahn pp. 3600-3604
CHEMISTRY A high-temperature high-pressure optical cell for general-purpose spectrometers designed for supercritical water experiments Fujitsugu Amita, Kazuo Okada, Hiroyuki Oka, and Okitsugu Kajimoto pp. 3605-3609Analysis of a drift tube at ambient pressure: Models and precise measurements in ion mobility spectrometry G. A. Eiceman, E. G. Nazarov, J. E. Rodriguez, and J. A. Stone pp. 3610-3621
BIOLOGY and MEDICINE Refractive correction measurement in an ophthalmic lens Gerardo Trujillo-Schiaffino and Daniel Malacara-Hernández pp. 3622-3625Oscillatory magnetic bead rheometer for complex fluid microrheometry M. Keller, J. Schilling, and E. Sackmann pp. 3626-3634
GRAVITY; GEOPHYSICS; ASTRONOMY and ASTROPHYSICS Measurement of the transfer function of the steering filter of the Virgo super attenuator suspension G. Ballardin, S. Braccini, C. Bradaschia, C. Casciano, R. Cavalieri, R. Cecchi, V. Chickarmane, V. Dattilo, A. Di Virgilio, I. Ferrante, F. Fidecaro, F. Frasconi, A. Gaddi, A. Gennai, A. Giazotto et al. pp. 3635-3642Measurement of the VIRGO superattenuator performance for seismic noise suppression G. Ballardin, L. Bracci, S. Braccini, C. Bradaschia, C. Casciano, G. Calamai, R. Cavalieri, R. Cecchi, G. Cella, E. Cuoco, E. D'Ambrosio, V. Dattilo, A. Di Virgilio, L. Fabbroni, F. Fidecaro et al. pp. 3643-3652
Inertial control of the mirror suspensions of the VIRGO interferometer for gravitational wave detection G. Losurdo, G. Calamai, E. Cuoco, L. Fabbroni, G. Guidi, M. Mazzoni, R. Stanga, F. Vetrano, L. Holloway, D. Passuello, G. Ballardin, S. Braccini, C. Bradaschia, R. Cavalieri, R. Cecchi et al. pp. 3653-3661
Comparison between simulations and calibrations of a high resolution electrostatic analyzer J. H. Vilppola, P. J. Tanskanen, B. L. Barraclough, and D. J. McComas pp. 3662-3669
High quality factor measured in fused silica Steven D. Penn, Gregory M. Harry, Andri M. Gretarsson, Scott E. Kittelberger, Peter R. Saulson, John J. Schiller, Joshua R. Smith, and Sol O. Swords pp. 3670-3673
Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer external stop delay board: An alternative to bulky and massive coax for long (>100 ns) time delays Mario Marckwordt pp. 3674-3681
ELECTRONICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC TECHNOLOGY; MICROWAVES Superconducting Nb-film LC resonator A. Finne, L. Grönberg, R. Blaauwgeers, V. B. Eltsov, G. Eska, M. Krusius, J. J. Ruohio, R. Schanen, and I. Suni pp. 3682-3686Analog fiber optic transmission link Collin J. McKinney and Hugon J. Karwowski pp. 3687-3690
Flux-bias stabilization scheme for a radio-frequency amplifier based on a superconducting quantum interference device Michael Mück and John Clarke pp. 3691-3693
Sensitivity enhancement of Quantum Design dc superconducting quantum interference devices in two-stage configuration R. Mezzena, A. Vinante, P. Falferi, S. Vitale, M. Bonaldi, G. A. Prodi, M. Cerdonio, and M. B. Simmonds pp. 3694-3698
GENERAL INSTRUMENTS Power plant exhaust gas simulator for the development of optical diagnostics J. Spelman, S. Skrien, and T. E. Parker pp. 3699-3705Aerosol generation system for development and calibration of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy instrumentation D. W. Hahn, J. E. Carranza, G. R. Arsenault, H. A. Johnsen, and K. R. Hencken pp. 3706-3713 Laser pointing stability measured by an oblique-incidence optical transmittance difference technique J. Gray, P. Thomas, and X. D. Zhu pp. 3714-3717
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Fast 1 kV metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor switch C. J. Dedman, E. H. Roberts, S. T. Gibson, and B. R. Lewis pp. 3718-3720Sample holder for high-temperature vibrating sample magnetometer M. Mikhov pp. 3721-3722
Compact bath cryostat filled with liquid helium inside an ordinary storage Dewar A. E. Klimov pp. 3723-3725
Fizeau interferometer for phase shifting interferometry in ultrahigh vacuum S. Kaiser, T. Maier, A. Grossmann, and C. Zimmermann pp. 3726-3727
Comparative tests of conventional and retarding-potential Mott polarimeters V. N. Petrov, M. S. Galaktionov, and A. S. Kamochkin pp. 3728-3730
Multidimensional motion measurement of a bimorph-type piezoelectric actuator using a diffraction grating target Jong-Ahn Kim, Eui Won Bae, Soo Hyun Kim, and Yoon Keun Kwak pp. 3731-3733