Physics – Optics
Scientific paper
Aug 2004
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004josab..21.1543s&link_type=abstract
Optical Society of America Journal B, Volume 21, Issue 8, pp. 1543-1550 (2004).
Physics
Optics
9
Calibration, Fourier Transform Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Spectrometers, Fourier Transform Optics, Optical Harmonic Generation, Ultraviolet Spectrometers, Visible Spectrometers, Measurement By Laser Beam, Mercury (Metal)
Scientific paper
We have used the fundamental and frequency-doubled output of a single-frequency tunable laser locked to a precisely known transition in molecular iodine to provide calibration of a Fourier-transform spectrometer (FTS) in the visible and near-ultraviolet regions and to investigate the limiting uncertainty involved in calibrating spectra by using a single multiplicative correction to the entire optical frequency scale. An integrating sphere was used to introduce the laser light as a pseudoincoherent source and provide uniform illumination of the FTS field of view. The sphere also served to combine the laser beams with light from a series of mercury electrodeless discharge lamps containing argon carrier gas at selected pressures. Four strong lines in the spectrum of 198Hg were measured with these lamps to obtain precise wavelengths and argon-pressure-shift coefficients. These lines, emitted from lamps with argon pressures in the range 33 Pa (0.25 Torr) to 1330 Pa (10 Torr), are suitable for future calibration of FT spectra without need for the laser source. The limiting relative uncertainty component in the reported wavelengths is 6.19×10-9, as estimated from observed deviation of the frequency ratios of the calibration lasers from the exact value of 2. The adequacy of a single multiplicative correction factor for the absolute calibration of an individual FT spectrum is supported by our data, at the level of better than a part in 108.
Salit Marc L.
Sansonetti Craig J.
Travis John C.
Veza Damir
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