Visible and Near-Ultraviolet Absorption Spectrum of Liquid Water
Applied Optics, Vol. 38, Issue 7, pp. 1216-1223 (1999)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.38.001216
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Abstract
The optical absorption of pure liquid water in the 300–700-nm region has been measured by use of a long (1.5-m) path-length cell. The absorption spectrum coincides well with the edge of previous data in the 200–320-nm region and provides reliable data in the 320–420-nm region that has until now been a region of considerable unreliability. The data obtained for the 420–700-nm region agree quite well with the means of the existing literature in that well-studied region. The absorptions in the 550–700-nm region show evidence for the overtones and combination tones of the well-known OH stretching frequency at 3500 cm−1.
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OCIS Codes
(010.7340) Atmospheric and oceanic optics : Water
(300.1030) Spectroscopy : Absorption
(300.6540) Spectroscopy : Spectroscopy, ultraviolet
(300.6550) Spectroscopy : Spectroscopy, visible
Citation
Ronald A. J. Litjens, Terence I. Quickenden, and Colin G. Freeman, "Visible and Near-Ultraviolet Absorption Spectrum of Liquid Water," Appl. Opt. 38, 1216-1223 (1999)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-38-7-1216
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