Review Articles

Use the following list to navigate to the abstract views of Review Articles published in Review of Scientific Instruments (from 1980 to the present):

Year Authors Title
2009 Barjatya, Swenson, Thompson, and Wright, Jr. Invited Article: Data analysis of the Floating Potential Measurement Unit aboard the International Space Station
  Charles M. Falco Invited Article: High resolution digital camera for infrared reflectography
  Ramón Carriles, Dawn N. Schafer, Kraig E. Sheetz, Jeffrey J. Field, Richard Cisek, Virginijus Barzda, Anne W. Sylvester, and Jeffrey A. Squier Invited Review Article: Imaging techniques for harmonic and multiphoton absorption fluorescence microscopy
  David D. Nolte Invited Review Article: Review of centrifugal microfluidic and bio-optical disks
  R. Vijay, M. H. Devoret, and I. Siddiqi Invited Review Article: The Josephson bifurcation amplifier
2008 Medley, Donné, Kaita, Kislyakov, Petrov, and Roquemore Invited Review Article: Contemporary instrumentation and application of charge exchange neutral particle diagnostics in magnetic fusion energy experiments
  Harris Perspective: Magnetic traps for nearly untrappable particles: "Invited Article: Development of high field superconducting Ioffe magnetic traps"
  Yang, Brome, Butterworth, Dzhosyuk, Mattoni, McKinsey, Michniak, Doyle, Golub, Korobkina, O'Shaughnessy, Palmquist, Seo, Huffman, Coakley, Mumm, Thompson, Yang, and Lamoreaux Invited Article: Development of high-field superconducting Ioffe magnetic traps
  Mo and Patton Perspective: Local ferromagnetic resonance measurement techniques: "Invited Review Article: Microwave spectroscopy based on scanning thermal microscopy: Resolution in the nanometer range"
  Meckenstock Invited Review Article: Microwave spectroscopy based on scanning thermal microscopy: Resolution in the nanometer range
  Locke, Ivanov, Hartnett, Stanwix, and Tobar Invited Article: Design techniques and noise properties of ultrastable cryogenically cooled sapphire-dielectric resonator oscillators
  Melcher, Hu, and Raman Invited Article: VEDA: A web-based virtual environment for dynamic atomic force microscopy
  S. O. Reza Moheimani Invited Review Article: Accurate and fast nanopositioning with piezoelectric tube scanners: Emerging trends and future challenges
  Klaasen, A'Hearn, Baca, Delamere, Desnoyer, Farnham, Groussin, Hampton, Ipatov, Li, Lisse, Mastrodemos, McLaughlin, Sunshine, Thomas, and Wellnitz Invited Article: Deep Impact instrument calibration
  Olliges, Lilly, Joslyn, and Ketsdever Invited Article: Time accurate mass flow measurements of solid-fueled systems
  Sengupta, Kulleck, Hill, and Ohlinger Invited Article: Physical and chemical analyses of impregnated cathodes operated in a plasma environment
2007 Marchesini Invited Article: A unified evaluation of iterative projection algorithms for phase retrieval
  Gehrz, Roellig, Werner, Fazio, Houck, Low, Rieke, Soifer, Levine, and Romana The NASA Spitzer Space Telescope
  Foreman, Holman, Hudson, Jones, and Ye Remote transfer of ultrastable frequency references via fiber networks
  Seidman Perspective: From field-ion microscopy of single atoms to atom-probe tomography: A journey: "Atom-probe tomography"
  Kelly and Miller Invited Review Article: Atom probe tomography
  McClelland Perspective: Photoacoustic spectroscopy: "Linearization and signal recovery in photoacoustic infrared spectroscopy"
  Michaelian Invited Article: Linearization and signal recovery in photoacoustic infrared spectroscopy
  Beechem, Graham, Kearney, Phinney, and Serrano Invited Article: Simultaneous mapping of temperature and stress in microdevices using micro-Raman spectroscopy
  Gan Invited Review Article: A review of techniques for attaching micro- and nanoparticles to a probe's tip for surface force and near-field optical measurements
  Labiche, Mathon, Pascarelli, Newton, Ferre, Curfs, Vaughan, Homs, and Carreiras Invited Article: The fast readout low noise camera as a versatile x-ray detector for time resolved dispersive extended x-ray absorption fine structure and diffraction studies of dynamic problems in materials science, chemistry, and catalysis
  Williams Perspective: "An improved double-toroidal spectrometer for gas phase (e,2e) studies"
  Lower, Panajotović, Bellm, and Weigold Invited Article: An improved double-toroidal spectrometer for gas phase (e,2e) studies
  Kleemann Perspective: Tools of modern magnetic materials research: Vector and Bragg magneto-optical Kerr effect for the analysis of nanostructured magnetic arrays
  Westphalen, Lee, Remhof, and Zabel Invited article: Vector and Bragg magneto-optical Kerr effect for the analysis of nanostructured magnetic arrays
2006 Boxman and Zhitomirsky Vacuum arc deposition devices
  Xu and Wang Photoacoustic imaging in biomedicine
  Rabii, Winant, Collins, Lee, Richards, Abroe, Hanany, Johnson, Ade, Balbi, Bock, Borrill, Stompor, Boscaleri, Pascale, de Bernardis, Ferreira, Hristov, Lange, Jaffe, Netterfield, Smoot, and Wu MAXIMA: A balloon-borne cosmic microwave background anisotropy experiment
  Fagaly Superconducting quantum interference device instruments and applications
  Rose and Ryding Concepts and designs of ion implantation equipment for semiconductor processing
2005 Ekinci and Roukes Nanoelectromechanical systems
  Tate, Chamberlain, and Gruner Area x-ray detector based on a lens-coupled charge-coupled device
  Adam, Moy, and Susini Table-top water window transmission x-ray microscopy: Review of the key issues, and conceptual design of an instrument for biology
  Hou and Kassim Instrument techniques for rheometry
  Bokor and Davidson Ideal collimation, concentration, and imaging with curved diffractive optical elements
  Migliori and Maynard Implementation of a modern resonant ultrasound spectroscopy system for the measurement of the elastic moduli of small solid specimens
2004 Bacon, Mattley, and DeFrece Miniature spectroscopic instrumentation: Applications to biology and chemistry
  McDonald, Spiering, Schonert, Kearns, and Kajita Astrophysical neutrino telescopes
  Eldada Optical communication components
  Lakes Viscoelastic measurement techniques
  Lavrik, Sepaniak, and Datskos Cantilever transducers as a platform for chemical and biological sensors
  Moore Instrumentation for trace detection of high explosives
  Neuman and Block Optical trapping
2003 Cerullo and De Silvestri Ultrafast optical parametric amplifiers
  Daw, Finney, and Tracy A review of symbolic analysis of experimental data
  Lu and Wendt Laser-based methods for ultrasensitive trace-isotope analyses
  Drentje Techniques and mechanisms applied in electron cyclotron resonance sources for highly charged ions
  Akchurin and Wigmans Quartz fibers as active elements in detectors for particle physics
  Edwards, Austin, Carroll, Copeland, Couprie, Gabella, Haglund, Hooper, Hutson, Jansen, Joos, Kiehart, Lindau, Miao, Pratisto, Shen, Tokutake, van der Meer, and Xie Free-electron-laser-based biophysical and biomedical instrumentation
  Moerner and Fromm Methods of single-molecule fluorescence spectroscopy and microscopy
  Funke, Grissom, McGrew, and Raynor Techniques for the measurement of trace moisture in high-purity electronic specialty gases
  Park, Chang, Deng, Domier, Donne, Kawahata, Liang, Liang, Lu, Luhmann, Jr., Mase, Matsuura, Mazzucato, Miura, Mizuno, Munsat, Nagayama, van de Pol, Wang, Xia, and Zhang Recent advancements in microwave imaging plasma diagnostics
  Golub Solar observation from space
  Ma, Postrekhin, and Chu Superconductor and magnet levitation devices
2002 Rosner and van der Weide High-frequency near-field microscopy
  Gruner, Tate, and Eikenberry Charge-coupled device area x-ray detectors
  Demidov, Ratynskaia, and Rypdal Electric probes for plasmas: The link between theory and instrument
  Acuña Space-based magnetometers
  Power Inverse problem theory in the optical depth profilometry of thin films
2001 Walmsley, Waxler, and Dorrer The role of dispersion in ultrafast optics
  Miklós, Hess, and Bozoki Application of acoustic resonators in photoacoustic trace gas analysis and metrology
  Squier and Muller High resolution nonlinear microscopy: A review of sources and methods for achieving optimal imaging
  Grill, Shen, Evans, and Cooks Collisions of ions with surfaces at chemically relevant energies: Instrumentation and phenomena
  Cundiff, Ye, and Hall Optical frequency synthesis based on mode-locked lasers
  Osborne, Harris, Roberts, and Chambers Satellite and rocket-borne atomic oxygen sensor techniques
2000 Qiu and Bader Surface magneto-optic Kerr effect
  Weiner Femtosecond pulse shaping using spatial light modulators
  Childs, Greenwood, and Long Review of temperature measurement
  Hamilton Josephson voltage standards
  Bacal Photodetachment diagnostic techniques for measuring negative ion densities and temperatures in plasmas
  Kostov and Rao Low-cost optical instrumentation for biomedical measurements
1999 Istratov and Vyvenko Exponential analysis in physical phenomena
  Dhez, Chevallier, Lucatorto, and Tarrio Instrumental aspects of x-ray microbeams in the range above 1 keV
  Persky Review of black surfaces for space-borne infrared systems
  Levine Introduction to time and frequency metrology
  Rocca Table-top soft x-ray lasers
  Goodkind The superconducting gravimeter
1998 Cutolo Selected contactless optoelectronic measurements for electronic applications (invited)
  Backus, Durfee III, Murnane, and Kapetyn High power ultrafast lasers
  Damerell Charge-coupled devices as particle tracking detectors
  Mazzucato Microwave reflectometry for magnetically confined plasmas
  Witt Electrical resistance standards and the quantum Hall effect
  Chance, Cope, Gratton, Ramanujam, and Tromberg Phase measurement of light absorption and scatter in human tissue
  Wigmans On the role of neutrons in hadron calorimetry
  Garell, Granner, Noh, Howard III, Volkov, and Gillies Introductory overview of research instruments for recording the electrical activity of neurons in the human brain
1997 Brister X-ray diffraction and absorption at extreme pressures
  Allison and Gillies Remote thermometry with thermographic phosphors: Instrumentation and applications
  Gold and Nusinovich Review of high-power microwave source research
  Othonos Fiber Bragg gratings
1996 Franko and Tran Analytical thermal lens instrumentation
  de Bruyn, Bodenschatz, Morris, Trainoff, Hu, Cannell, and Ahlers Apparatus for the study of Rayleigh-Bénard convection in gases under pressure
  Dimov Use of hydrogen negative ions in particle accelerators
1995 Persky A review of spaceborne infrared Fourier transform spectrometers for remote sensing
  Chantler and Deslattes Systematic corrections in Bragg x-ray diffraction of flat and curved crystals
1994 Fingerson Thermal anemometry, current state, and future directions
  Gillies, Ritter, Broaddus, Grady, Howard III, and McNeil Magnetic manipulation instrumentation for medical physics research
  Bishop Neural networks and their applications
  Brown Vacuum arc ion sources
  Mandelis Signal-to-noise ratio in lock-in amplifier synchronous detection: A generalized communications systems approach with applications to frequency, time, and hybrid (rate window) photothermal measurements
1993 Freymuth Flow visualization in fluid mechanics
  Gillies and Ritter Torsion balances, torsion pendulums, and related devices
  Adams High-resolution capacitive pressure gauges
  Houtman, Cheuck, Elezzabi, Ford, Laberge, Liese, Meyer, Stuart, and Zhu High-speed circuits for TE discharge lasers and high-voltage applications
  Orloff High-resolution focused ion beams
  Belchenko Surface negative ion production in ion sources
  Combs Pellet injection technology
  Chu, Ludewigt, and Renner Instrumentation for treatment of cancer using proton and light-ion beams
  ZiÄ™ba Image and sample geometry effects in SQUID magnetometers
1992 Gay and Dunning Mott electron polarimetry
  Ensinger Ion sources for ion beam assisted thin-film deposition
  Veneklasen The continuing development of low-energy electron microscopy for characterizing surfaces
1991 Wieman and Hollberg Using diode lasers for atomic physics
  Cartellier and Achard Local phase detection probes in fluid/fluid two-phase flows
  Blake, Laughlin, Cohen, Busarow, Gwo, Schmuttenmaer, Steyert, and Saykally Tunable far infrared laser spectrometers
1990 Zemel Microfabricated nonoptical chemical sensors
  Meyer and Sigrist Atmospheric pollution monitoring using CO2-laser photoacoustic spectroscopy and other techniques
  Collins Automatic rotating element ellipsometers: Calibration, operation, and real-time applications
  Johnson and Hulbert Inverse photoemission
  Scheinfein, Unguris, Kelley, Pierce, and Celotta Scanning electron microscopy with polarization analysis (SEMPA)
  Guiochon and Guillemin Gas chromatography
  Dovichi Laser-based microchemical analysis
1989 Kuk and Silverman Scanning tunneling microscope instrumentation
  Simon Ultrashort light pulses
1988 McMillan, Goosman, Parker, Steinmetz, Chau, Huen, Whipkey, and Perry Velocimetry of fast surfaces using Fabry–Perot interferometry
1987 Bernius and Morrison Mass analyzed secondary ion microscopy
1986 Keyes Heterodyne and nonheterodyne laser transceivers
  Jayaraman Ultrahigh pressures
  Richter and Ho Position-sensitive detector performance and relevance to time-resolved electron energy loss spectroscopy
1985 Kirz and Rarback Soft x-ray microscopes
  Candy Photomultiplier characteristics and practice relevant to photon counting
1984 Luhmann, Jr. and Peebles Instrumentation for magnetically confined fusion plasma diagnostics
  Little Microminiature refrigeration
  Pynn Neutron scattering instrumentation at reactor based installations
  Carpenter, Lander, and Windsor Instrumentation at pulsed neutron sources
  DeVolpi Applications of cineradiography to nuclear-reactor safety studies
  Steinkamp Flow cytometry
1983 Stewart Measurement of low-temperature specific heat
  West, Barrett, Siebert, and Reddy Photoacoustic spectroscopy
  Lagally and Martin Instrumentation for low-energy electron diffraction
1982 Coleman Effects of perturbing magnetic fields on the performance of photoelectronic sensors
  Bottomley NMR imaging techniques and applications: A review
  Romani, Williamson, and Kaufman Biomagnetic instrumentation
1980 Hudson Measurement of temperature
  Anderson Instrumentation at temperatures below 1 K