Vol. 61, No. 4, 2018

Instruments and Experimental Techniques

A simultaneous English language translation of this journal is available from Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.
Distributed worldwide by Springer. Instruments and Experimental Techniques ISSN 0020-4412.

Application of Computers in Experiments

A Data Buffering and Transmission System: A Study of the Performance of a Disk Subsystem

I. A. Bezrukov, A. I. Salnikov, V. A. Yakovlev and A. V. Vylegzhanin p. 467 abstract

A Data Stream Converter for a Radio Telescope with a Wideband-Signal Digital Recording System

S. A. Grenkov and N. E. Kol’tsov p. 473 abstract

The Automation of a CVD-Reactor for the Synthesis of Vertically Oriented Carbon Nanotube Arrays

A. V. Gusel’nikov, A. V. Safronov, A. G. Kurenya, V. E. Arkhipov, S. G. Bolgarin, A. E. Ivanov, A. G. Kvashnin and A. V. Okotrub p. 482 abstract

Electronics and Radio Engineering

An Acoustic Time-Delay Meter

E. I. Shkelev and A. V. Shirkaev p. 486 abstract

Generation of High-Voltage Pulses with a Picosecond Front in a Cascade Kivotron Connection

P. A. Bokhan, P. P. Gugin, D. E. Zakrevsky and M. A. Lavrukhin p. 491 abstract

Investigation of Silicon Diodes in the Mode of Switching by an Impact-Ionization Wave

S. V. Korotkov, Yu. V. Aristov, V. B. Voronkov and D. A. Korotkov p. 496 abstract

The Coaxial Shunt for Measurement of Current Pulses of Artificial Lightning with the Amplitude Up to ±220 kA

M. I. Baranov, V. V. Kniaziev and S. V. Rudakov p. 501 abstract

A Programmable Pulse Sequence Generator for High Temperature Low-Field NMR Apparatus

Jiawei Zhang, Yunlong Fan, Jingjing Cheng, Lei Wu and Yingjun Xu p. 506 abstract

Frequency Tuning of a Magnetron of the 3-mm Wavelength Range Using an Additional Output

N. I. Skripkin and S. L. Morugin p. 516 abstract

Coherent Summation of Wave Fields of Nanosecond Gunn Oscillators with Initial Phases Fixed by the Leading Edges of Electric Pulses from Synchronized Modulators

V. V. Barmin, A. I. Klimov, O. B. Kovalchuk and V. Yu. Konev p. 521 abstract

General Experimental Techniques

A Method for Increasing the Sensitivity of Mass-Spectrometric Measurements

G. S. Anufriev p. 525 abstract

Measurements of the Ion-Beam Current Distribution over a Target Surface under a High Bias Potential

N. V. Mamedov, D. E. Prokhorovich, D. I. Yurkov, I. A. Kanshin, A. A. Solodovnikov, D. V. Kolodko and I. A. Sorokin p. 530 abstract

An Ion Source for a Plasma-Optic Mass Separator

V. M. Bardakov, A. V. Kazantsev, N. A. Strokin and A. N. Stupin p. 538 abstract

Probe Diagnostics of a Rotating Plasma

N. M. Gorshunov and E. P. Potanin p. 543 abstract

Automation of a Research Facility for Atomic Vapor Laser Isotope Separation

A. B. D’yachkov, A. A. Gorkunov, A. V. Labozin, S. M. Mironov, V. Ya. Panchenko, V. A. Firsov and G. O. Tsvetkov p. 548 abstract

A Fluorimeter on the Basis of a Femtosecond Cr⁺⁴: Forsterite Laser

Yu. A. Shandarov, I. V. Kryukov, D. A. Ivanov, A. A. Ivanov, N. Kh. Petrov and M. V. Alfimov p. 556 abstract

A Spectral–Thermal Bench with a Special Fiber-Optic Probe–Objective for Measuring Diffuse-Reflection Spectra

A. Kh. Kuptsov, I. A. Arutyunov, E. V. Zhmaeva and A. V. Kulik p. 562 abstract

Physical Instruments for Ecology, Medicine, and Biology

Calibration of the Spectra of Astronomical Objects

V. E. Panchuk, G. V. Yakopov, V. G. Klochkova and M. V. Yushkin p. 572 abstract

А Complex for Carrying Out Radar Observations of Near-Earth Objects

D. A. Marshalov, Yu. S. Bondarenko, Yu. D. Medvedev, D. E. Vavilov, M. B. Zotov and A. G. Mikhailov p. 577 abstract

Reducing the Energy Consumption of a Laser Photo-Acoustic SF₆ Gas Analyzer

I. V. Sherstov, V. A. Vasiliev, A. I. Karapuzikov, K. G. Zenov and R. V. Pustovalova p. 583 abstract

A Radio-Frequency Neck Quadrature Coil For Magnetic-Resonance Imaging

A. A. Bayazitov, P. I. Chumarov and Ya. V. Fattakhov p. 590 abstract

Laboratory Techniques

Piezoceramic Gauges for Measuring Rapidly Changing and Oscillatory Pressures

V. V. Golub, Yu. V. Zhilin and N. A. Marchuk p. 596 abstract

A Laboratory CVD Reactor for the Synthesis of Vertically Oriented Carbon Nanotube Arrays

A. V. Gusel’nikov, A. V. Safronov, A. G. Kurenya, V. E. Arkhipov, S. G. Bolgarin, A. E. Ivanov, A. G. Kvashnin and A. V. Okotrub p. 604 abstract

A Miniature Layered SAW Contact Stress Sensor for Operation in Cramped Metallic Slits

Haining Li, Jiexiong Ding, Siqi Wei, Bowen Chu, Lichao Guan, Li Du, Guangmin Liu and Jianguo He p. 610 abstract

Detection of Residual Oil Film on Polished KDP Crystal by Atomic Force Microscope

Lichao Guan, Jiexiong Ding, Yunpeng Zhang, Haining Li, Chao Wang, Wei Wang, Li Du and Jianguo He p. 618 abstract

An Experimental Setup for Investigation of Cryogenic Helium Plasma and Dusty Plasma Structures within a Wide Temperature Range