Absolute frequency list of the v3-band transitions of methane at a relative uncertainty level of 10-11

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 23878-23888

  Okubo, Sho ^a,b   Nakayama, Hirotaka ^a,b   Iwakuni, Kana ^a,c   Inaba, Hajime ^c   Sasada, Hiroyuki ^a,b  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC CLOCKS; RUBIDIUM; UNITS OF MEASUREMENT;

ABSOLUTE FREQUENCY; ABSORPTION LINES; BAND TRANSITIONS; CAVITY ENHANCED ABSORPTION; INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC TIME; INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; OPTICAL FREQUENCY COMBS; RELATIVE UNCERTAINTY; ROTATION-VIBRATION TRANSITIONS; TRANSITION FREQUENCIES;

METHANE;

METHANE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; MATERIALS TESTING; PHOTOMETRY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS; MATERIALS TESTING; METHANE; MICROCHEMISTRY; PHOTOMETRY;

EID: 82055206268     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.023878     Document Type: Article

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