Broad-band frequency references in the near-infrared: Accurate dual comb spectroscopy of methane and acetylene

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 118, Issue , 2013, Pages 26-39

  Zolot, A M ^a,b   Giorgetta, F R ^a   Baumann, E ^a   Swann, W C ^a   Coddington, I ^a   Newbury, N R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylene; Frequency comb; Methane; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE ACCURACY; ABSORBANCES; ATOMIC FREQUENCY STANDARDS; ATOMIC STANDARDS; BROAD BANDS; BROADBAND SPECTRA; CENTER FREQUENCY; DOPPLER WIDTH; FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROMETERS; FREQUENCY ACCURACY; FREQUENCY COMBS; FREQUENCY REFERENCE; HIGH RESOLUTION; LASER HETERODYNE; LEAST SQUARES ANALYSIS; LINE SHAPE; MEASUREMENTS OF; NEAR INFRARED; OPTICAL BAND WIDTH; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SATURATED-ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; US GOVERNMENT;

ACETYLENE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FREQUENCY STANDARDS; LIGHTING; METHANE; SPECTROSCOPY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

ACETYLENE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BROADBAND DATA; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; METHANE;

EID: 84874391759     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2012.11.024     Document Type: Article

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