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John C. Pearson, Brian J. Drouin, Alain Maestrini, Imran Mehdi, John Ward et al.<br/> We report the first demonstration of a continuous wave coherent source covering 2.482.75 THz, with greater than 10% instantaneous tuning bandwidth and having 114 [mu]W of output power at room temperature. This source is based on a 91.8101.8 GHz synthesizer followed by a power amplifier and three cas … [Rev. Sci. Instrum. 82, 093105 (2011)] published Mon Sep 19, 2011.

S. Yoshimoto, T. Tsutsui, K. Mukai, and J. Yoshinobu<br/> We describe an independently driven four-probe method to investigate local channel mobility in organic field-effect transistors (OFETs). In OFET devices, probe-organic contact resistance affects device characteristics even in four-probe measurement because a change in contact resistance at the sourc … [Rev. Sci. Instrum. 82, 093902 (2011)] published Mon Sep 19, 2011.

Anna Mocker, Sebastian Bugiel, Siegfried Auer, Gunter Baust, Andrew Colette et al.<br/> Investigating the dynamical and physical properties of cosmic dust can reveal a great deal of information about both the dust and its many sources. Over recent years, several spacecraft (e.g., Cassini, Stardust, Galileo, and Ulysses) have successfully characterised interstellar, interplanetary, and … [Rev. Sci. Instrum. 82, 095111 (2011)] published Mon Sep 19, 2011.

Weixin Qian, Shuangxi Qi, Wanli Wang, Jinming Cheng, and Dongbing Liu<br/> Neutron penumbral imaging is a significant diagnostic technique in laser-driven inertial confinement fusion experiment. It is very important to develop a new reconstruction method to improve the resolution of neutron penumbral imaging. A new nonlinear reconstruction method based on total variation ( … [Rev. Sci. Instrum. 82, 093504 (2011)] published Tue Sep 20, 2011.

Sophie Miralles, Gautier Verhille, Nicolas Plihon, and Jean-Francois Pinton<br/> A new type of velocimeter, capable of local velocity measurements in conducting fluids, is introduced. The principle of the magnetic-distortion probe is based on the measurement of the induced magnetic field by the flow of a conducting fluid in the vicinity of a localized magnetic field. The new vel … [Rev. Sci. Instrum. 82, 095112 (2011)] published Tue Sep 20, 2011.

Yunpeng Wang, Chun-Liu Zhao, Limin Hu, Xinyong Dong, Yongxing Jin et al.<br/> A tilt sensor with a compact dimension based on a long-period fiber grating (LPG) is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The LPG is fixed in a rigid Plexi-glass tubular with a slant orientation and half of the LPG is immersed into the NaCl aqueous solutions, whereas the other half is exposed i … [Rev. Sci. Instrum. 82, 093106 (2011)] published Wed Sep 21, 2011.

S. M. Wiggins, M. P. Reijnders, S. Abuazoum, K. Hart, G. H. Welsh et al.<br/> Gas-filled capillary discharge waveguides are important structures in laser-plasma interaction applications, such as the laser wakefield accelerator. We present the methodology for applying femtosecond laser micromachining in the production of capillary channels (typically 200300 [mu]m in diameter a … [Rev. Sci. Instrum. 82, 096104 (2011)] published Wed Sep 21, 2011.

C. Baldasseroni, D. R. Queen, David W. Cooke, K. Maize, A. Shakouri et al.<br/> A microfabricated amorphous silicon nitride membrane-based nanocalorimeter is proposed to be suitable for an x-ray transparent sample platform with low power heating and built-in temperature sensing. In this work, thermal characterization in both air and vacuum are analyzed experimentally and via si … [Rev. Sci. Instrum. 82, 093904 (2011)] published Thu Sep 22, 2011.

Stephen G. Kukolich and Laszlo C. Sarkozy<br/> A large pulsed-beam, Fourier transform microwave spectrometer employing 48 in. diameter mirrors and 35 (NHS-35) diffusion pump has been constructed at the University of Arizona. The Fabry-Perot-type cavity, using the large mirrors provides Q-values in the 15 000 to 40 000 range. Test spectra were ob … [Rev. Sci. Instrum. 82, 094103 (2011)] published Fri Sep 23, 2011.

Lauri Panitzsch, Thies Peleikis, Michael Stalder, and Robert F. Wimmer-Schweingruber<br/> In this paper we present our measurements of charge-state and current-density distributions performed in very close vicinity (15 mm) of the extraction of our hexapole geometry electron cyclotron resonance ion source. We achieved a relatively high spatial resolution reducing the aperture of our 3D-mo … [Rev. Sci. Instrum. 82, 093302 (2011)] published Mon Sep 26, 2011.

T. Accadia, F. Acernese, P. Astone, G. Ballardin, F. Barone et al.<br/> We report an application of Kalman filtering to the inverted pendulum (IP) of the Virgo gravitational wave interferometer. Using subspace method system identification techniques, we calculated a linear mechanical model of Virgo IP from experimental transfer functions. We then developed a Kalman filt … [Rev. Sci. Instrum. 82, 094502 (2011)] published Mon Sep 26, 2011.

J.-L. Daridon, M. Cassiede, J. H. Paillol, and J. Pauly<br/> A quartz crystal viscometer has been developed for measuring viscosity in liquids under pressure. It employs an AT-cut quartz crystal resonator of fundamental frequency 3 MHz inserted in a variable-volume vessel designed for working up to 80 MPa. Viscosity is determined by two methods from resonance … [Rev. Sci. Instrum. 82, 095114 (2011)] published Mon Sep 26, 2011.

Samuel A. Meek, Maxwell F. Parsons, Georg Heyne, Viktor Platschkowski, Henrik Haak et al.<br/> Recently, a decelerator for neutral polar molecules has been presented that operates on the basis of macroscopic, three-dimensional, traveling electrostatic traps [A. Osterwalder, S. A. Meek, G. Hammer, H. Haak, and G. Meijer, Phys. Rev. A 81, 051401 (2010)]. In the present paper, a complete descrip … [Rev. Sci. Instrum. 82, 093108 (2011)] published Tue Sep 27, 2011.