Abstract

A new technique has been developed for deconvolving diode-laser spectra. This technique treats Doppler broadening, collisional broadening, and instrumental effects simultaneously. This technique is superior to previous deconvolution methods in the recovery of line-strength and transition-frequency information. A section of the ethane spectrum near 12 μm is used as an example. This new approach applies to any spectroscopy in which the instrumental resolution is narrower than actual linewidths.

© 1985 Optical Society of America

Hyperfine structure in excited vibrational states of NH₃ studied by laser-Stark spectroscopy

W. H. Weber
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 2(5) 829-836 (1985)

Broadly tunable microcomputer-controlled color-center laser for intracavity and extracavity sub-Doppler spectroscopy

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Measurements of ¹²CH₄ν₄ band halfwidths using a tunable diode laser system and a Fourier transform spectrometer

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Appl. Opt. 24(17) 2788-2791 (1985)