Reeview of Scientific Instruments, 2002, V 73, N 9, September.

ARTICLES

OPTICS; ATOMS and MOLECULES; SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTON DETECTORS 

Photon detection with n-propanol and C2H6O isomers
J. A. Lipton-Duffin, A. G. Mark, and A. B. McLean 
pp. 3149-3153 

Design and performance of a frequency chirped external cavity diode laser
Kevin S. Repasky, Gregg W. Switzer, and John L. Carlsten 
pp. 3154-3159 

Effect of the x-ray beam collimation on the resolution of an energy dispersive 
diffractometer
Valerio Rossi Albertini and Barbara Paci 
pp. 3160-3164 

Externally controlled nanosecond Xe discharge lamp equipped with a synchronous 
high-voltage power supply using an automobile ignition coil
Tetsuo Iwata, Toshiki Tanaka, Tsutomu Araki, and Teruo Uchida 
pp. 3165-3169 

PARTICLE SOURCES, OPTICS and ACCELERATION; PARTICLE DETECTORS 

Crystal deflector for highly efficient channeling extraction of a proton beam 
from accelerators
V. M. Biryukov, Yu. A. Chesnokov, V. Guidi, V. I. Kotov, C. Malagù,
G. Martinelli, W. Scandale, M. Stefancich, and D. Vincenzi 
pp. 3170-3173 

High-order maps with acceleration for optimization of electrostatic and radio-
frequency ion-optical elements
Andrew A. Geraci, Teresa A. Barlow, Mauricio Portillo, Jerry A. Nolen, Kenneth 
W. Shepard, Kyoko Makino, and Martin Berz 
pp. 3174-3180 

Winding shape optimization for asymmetric confinement magnets
Leonardo Ricci, Andrea Bertoldi, and Davide Bassi 
pp. 3181-3186 

Ionizing beam tracking in gaseous chambers for field mapping
T. Jalowy, R. Neugebauer, K. O. Groeneveld, C. R. Ponciano, L. S. Farenzena, and 
E. F. da Silveira 
pp. 3187-3192 

NUCLEAR PHYSICS, FUSION and PLASMAS 

Bichromator for electron density measurements
Donald H. McNeill 
pp. 3193-3197 

A heuristic penumbral imaging technique for measurements of laser-produced 
plasma density profile
Shinya Nozaki, Yen-wei Chen, Zensho Nakao, Shinsuke Fujioka, and Hiroyuki 
Shiraga 
pp. 3198-3204 

Derivation of bolometer equations relevant to operation in fusion experiments
L. Giannone, K. Mast, and M. Schubert 
pp. 3205-3214 

MICROSCOPY and IMAGING 

Direct current scanning field emission microscope integrated with existing 
scanning electron microscope
Tong Wang, Charles E. Reece, and Ronald M. Sundelin 
pp. 3215-3220 

Sum-frequency generation microscope for opaque and reflecting samples
D. M. P. Hoffmann, K. Kuhnke, and K. Kern 
pp. 3221-3226 

Development of laser assisted nanometric resolution scanning tunneling 
microscopy time-of-flight mass analyzer system
Y. Ding, R. Micheletto, H. Hanada, T. Nagamura, and S. Okazaki 
pp. 3227-3231 

High bandwidth nano-positioner: A robust control approach
S. Salapaka, A. Sebastian, J. P. Cleveland, and M. V. Salapaka 
pp. 3232-3241 

Tapping mode atomic force microscopy in liquid with an insulated piezoelectric 
microactuator
B. Rogers, D. York, N. Whisman, M. Jones, K. Murray, J. D. Adams, T. Sulchek, 
and S. C. Minne 
pp. 3242-3244 

An automated glitch-detection/restoration method of atomic force microscope 
images
Chankyeong Hyon, Sangwook Oh, Hyungkwon Kim, Sanghoon Sull, Sungwoo Hwang, 
Doyeol Ahn, Youngju Park, and Eunkyu Kim 
pp. 3245-3250 

CONDENSED MATTER; MATERIALS 

Novel approach to produce polymerized hydrocarbon coatings using dielectric 
barrier controlled atmospheric pressure glow discharge plasma
K. K. Mishra, R. K. Khardekar, Rashmi Singh, and H. C. Pant 
pp. 3251-3257 

Fiber-coupled antennas for ultrafast coherent terahertz spectroscopy in low 
temperatures and high magnetic fields
S. A. Crooker 
pp. 3258-3264 

A simple system to measure magnetostriction in soft magnetic materials
J. H. Claassen, Matthew A. Willard, and Vincent G. Harris 
pp. 3265-3267 

Heater cell for materials synthesis and crystal growth in the large volume high 
pressure apparatus at 10 GPa
Yasushi Kanke, Minoru Akaishi, Shinobu Yamaoka, and Takashi Taniguchi 
pp. 3268-3270 

Development of a dilatometer based on diffractometry
S. Ledesma, S. N. Goyanes, and C. Duplaá 
pp. 3271-3274 

High-temperature contactless viscosity measurements by the gas–film levitation 
technique: Application to oxide and metallic glasses
Paul-Henri Haumesser, Jacky Bancillon, Michel Daniel, Michel Perez, and Jean-
Paul Garandet 
pp. 3275-3285 

Zero applied stress rheometer
L. Bellon, L. Buisson, S. Ciliberto, and F. Vittoz 
pp. 3286-3290 

CHEMISTRY 

Simultaneous in situ detection of atmospheric NO3 and N2O5 via cavity ring-down 
spectroscopy
Steven S. Brown, Harald Stark, Steven J. Ciciora, Richard J. McLaughlin, and
A. R. Ravishankara 
pp. 3291-3301 

System for inducing and characterizing electron beam-induced surface reactions 
at pressures up to 10–4 Torr
I. Jungwirthová, J. Eklund, Y. Sun, and J. M. White 
pp. 3302-3305 

BIOLOGY and MEDICINE 

Instrumentation for the accurate measurement of phase and amplitude in optical 
tomography
Ilkka Nissilä, Kalle Kotilahti, Kim Fallström, and Toivo Katila 
pp. 3306-3312 

Capacitive detection of micromotions: Monitoring ballistics of a developing 
avian embryo
Jan A. Szymanski, Krzysztof Pawlak, Pawel Wasowicz, and Jozef K. Moscicki 
pp. 3313-3317 

GRAVITY; GEOPHYSICS; ASTRONOMY and ASTROPHYSICS 

Monolithic fused silica suspension for the Virgo gravitational waves detector
P. Amico, L. Bosi, L. Carbone, L. Gammaitoni, F. Marchesoni, M. Punturo,
F. Travasso, and H. Vocca 
pp. 3318-3323 

ELECTRONICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC TECHNOLOGY; MICROWAVES 

Data analysis of nonlinear systems: Application to Au nanowires
A. Wlasenko and P. Grütter 
pp. 3324-3328 

A complete digital radio-frequency source for nuclear magnetic resonance 
spectroscopy
Jiang Yun, Jiang Yu, Tao Hongyan, and Li Gengying 
pp. 3329-3331 

Optimal performance for Tesla transformers
Marco Denicolai 
pp. 3332-3336 

THERMOMETRY; THERMAL DIFFUSIVITY; ACOUSTIC; PHOTOTHERMAL and PHOTOACOUSTIC 

Phase-coherent Rayleigh scattering method: Application to thermal diffusion mode
Shinsaku Takagi and Hajime Tanaka 
pp. 3337-3344 

Comparison of the photothermal sensitivity of an interferometric optical fiber 
probe with pulsed photothermal radiometry
J. G. Laufer, P. C. Beard, and T. N. Mills 
pp. 3345-3352 

Improved method of data acquisition and processing for the measurement of 
thermal diffusivity by the laser flash technique
M. V. Krishnaiah, G. Seenivasan, and P. Srirama Murti 
pp. 3353-3357 

GENERAL INSTRUMENTS 

High-energy photon radiography system using laser-Compton scattering for 
inspection of bulk materials
Hiroyuki Toyokawa, Hideaki Ohgaki, Tomohisa Mikado, and Kawakatsu Yamada 
pp. 3358-3362 

Notch flexure hinges: An effective theory
Yakov M. Tseytlin 
pp. 3363-3368 

Amplified spontaneous emission-based technique for simultaneous measurement of 
temperature and strain by combining active fiber with
fiber gratings
Y. C. Lai, G. F. Qiu, W. Zhang, L. Zhang, I. Bennion, and K. T. V. Grattan 
pp. 3369-3372 

Deformational injection rate measuring method
Milan Mari 
pp. 3373-3377 

Development of a film sensor for static and dynamic force measurement
P. Castellini, R. Montanini, and G. M. Revel 
pp. 3378-3385 

A system for the inspection and quality control of glass slabs
Luigi Rovati, Luca Pollonini, and Franco Docchio 
pp. 3386-3391 

NOTES

Cross talk between friction and height signals in atomic force microscopy
Richard Piner and Rodney S. Ruoff 
pp. 3392-3394