USE OF LASER RADIATION TO DETERMINE SCANNING FUNCTIONS; AND LINE WIDTHS AND INTENSITIES OF NU 2 WATER VAPOR LINES.

Abstract

Measurement of the correlation function at a slit in the case of an Hg source by the method of Beran and Parrent gives results which are in agreement with Hopkins' concept of an 'effective source.' Results using a laser-integrating sphere source indicate that it may be used interchangeably with an ordinary 'incoherent' source for scanning function calibration. Absorption spectra of pure water vapor and mixtures of water vapor with air were measured, in wings of the nu-2 band at 400K and 540K. Vibration rotation interaction in this band was measured by relative intensities of rotational lines. Line widths of the rotational transitions for self broadening were found to decrease with a temperature rise: for broad and strong lines approximately inversely proportional to absolute temperature.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0642019

Entities

People

  • Louis Sica
  • Y. Ben Aryeh

Organizations

  • Johns Hopkins University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Absorption Spectra
  • Agreements
  • Calibration
  • Intensity
  • Measurement
  • Radiation
  • Rotation
  • Scanning
  • Sorption
  • Spectra
  • Transitions
  • Vapors
  • Vibration
  • Water Vapor

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Spectroscopy.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers