TABLE OF CONTENTS
vii
Personnel
Publications and Reports
xv
Introduction
xx
GENERAL PHYSICS
I.
1
Molecular Beams
Helium Evaporation at Low Temperatures
2
Diffusion of Helium Three in Superfluid Background
11
Proposed Molecular Microscope
13
II.
Molecular Collisions
17
III.
Molecular Energy Transfer and Spectroscopy
19
IV.
Microwave Spectroscopy
21
V.
Atomic Resonance and Scattering
23
VI.
VII.
VIII.
Spin-Exchange Scattering
23
Magnetic Moment of the Proton
31
Superconducting Particle Counter
35
Electron Magnetic Resonance
43
Excited States
43
Radio Astronomy
61
Pulsar Facility
62
Millimeter-Wave Absorption by Atmospheric Oxygen
62
69
Solid-State Microwave Electronics
Status of Research
69
Frequency Doubler 15. 2-30. 4 GHz
69
L-band Quadrupler
72
Tasks in Progress
74
Avalanche-Transit-Time Oscillator Analysis
74
60-GHz Mixer
76
Mixer Analysis
76
77
New Tasks
Intermodulation Distortion in Mixers
77
High-Power 60-GHz Solid-State Source
77
Nonlinear Circuit Theory
78
Undergraduate Projects
QPR No.
92
79
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IX.
Electronic Instrumentation
81
Optimal Single and Dual Detector Arrays for the
Mattauch-Herzog Mass Spectrometer
X.
Optical and Infrared Spectroscopy
Optical Phonons and Symmetry of Tysonite Lanthanide
Fluorides
81
91
92
Far Infrared Electronic Transitions in Tysonite
Lanthanide Fluorides
110
Optical Phonons in Lead Titanate
116
Lattice Vibrations and Structure of Ammonium Halides
126
XI.
Ultrasonic Properties of Solids
143
XII.
Geophysical Research
147
Spectrum of Coherent Light Scattered from a Turbulent Jet
148
High-Pressure Experiments with a Magnetic Pinch
151
XIII.
Gravitation Research
161
XIV.
Magnetic Resonance
163
XV.
Physical Electronics and Surface Physics
165
XVI.
Quasi-thermodynamic Analysis of the Reaction of a Gas
with a Solid to Form Volatile Products: Flash Desorption Study of the Oxidation of Tungsten
167
Contact-Potential Measurements of the Adsorption of I
Br 2 , and C12 on a (100) Tungsten Crystal
2
176
Molecular-Beam Study of the Scattering of Neon Atoms
from the (110) Face of Tungsten: The Effect of
Adsorbed 0 2 and CO
185
Physical Acoustics
193
Light Scattering from a Liquid-Liquid Interface
193
Measurements of Dispersion Relation for Surface Waves
on Pure Liquids
197
Absorption Characteristics of a Nonlinear Oscillator
199
Crystal Structure of LaF
199
3
Light Scattering from Surface Waves on Carbon Dioxide
XVII.
Electrodynamics of Media
200
201
Step Response of Inhomogeneously Broadened Laser Medium
201
Theory of Excitation of Electromagnetic Modes in Hollow
Circular Dielectric Waveguides
203
Maxwell's Equations for Discrete Space
211
Relativistic Treatment of Multipolar Media
219
QPR No. 92
CONTENTS
PLASMA DYNAMICS
XVIII.
Plasmas and Controlled Nuclear Fusion
227
Waves and Radiation
Construction and Properties of a Collisionless, Quiescent
Plasma Facility (PF 1)
227
Exact Nonlinear Collisionless Plasma Waves II
236
Striations in a Low-Pressure Discharge
243
Diffusion and Turbulence
251
Single Rotational Mode CO 2 Laser
Optical Measurements on the Plasma Facility II
(PF 2) Argon Plasma
255
Langmuir Probe Measurements on a Helium Plasma
in Plasma Facility II (PF 2)
258
265
Fusion-Related Studies
Stability of Relativistic Electron Rings
Gaseous Electronics
Particle Loss in a Turbulent,
Discharge
XX.
253
255
Plasma Diagnostics
XIX.
227
266
273
Weakly Ionized, Argon
Applied Plasma Research
Active Plasma Systems
Ion-Cyclotron Resonance in a Nonuniform Magnetic
Field
Plasma Effects in Solids
273
285
285
287
292
Microwave Instabilities in a Semiconductor Subjected to
DC Electric and Magnetic Fields
292
Microwave Radiation from BiSb Alloys
300
Plasma Physics and Engineering
308
COMMUNICATION SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING
XXI.
Statistical Communication Theory
311
XXII.
Processing and Transmission of Information
313
Improved Optical Communication through Atmospheric
Turbulence Using State Knowledge
XXIII. Detection and Estimation Theory
Barankin Bounds on the Variance of Estimates of the
Parameters of a Gaussian Random Process
QPR No. 92
315
323
324
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XXIV.
Speech Communication
335
Visual Perception of Speech Stimuli
335
English as a Tone Language:
Stress
351
The Acoustics of Primary
Perceptual Integration of Dichotic Click Trains
XXV.
Linguistics
363
On Instrumental Adverbs and the Concept of Deep Structure
XXVI.
XXVII.
XXVIII.
Cognitive Information Processing
Derivation of Pulse-Invariant Difference Equations
385
391
Measurement of Velocities in the Middle Ear Using
the M6ssbauer Effect
402
Microelectrode and Stimulation Studies of Spontaneous
Signals from Brain Tissue Cultures
405
Neurophysiology
429
Influences on Axonal Conduction
431
Discharge Characteristics of Frog's "OFF" Fibers
436
Action of Tetrodotoxin on Frog's Muscle Spindle
438
Tegmental Auditory Fibers of Rana pipiens
440
Apparatus for the Accurate Determination of Flange
Focal Distance
441
4 2
K+ Efflux from Limulus Ventral Eye
Stroboscopic Light Research
QPR No. 92
377
381
Communications Biophysics
Author Index
365
Voluntary Attention Switching between Foresight and
Hindsight
An Effect of Light on
XXIX.
359
446
451
453