• DocumentCode
    2788682
  • Title

    High resolution acousto-optical spectrometer (AOS) with a band width of 1 GHz for laboratory spectroscopy and airborne astronomy in the spectral range 500 ghz - 2000 GHz

  • Author

    Schwaab, G.W. ; Roeser, H.P. ; Titz, R.U. ; van der Wal, P. ; Wattenbach, R.

  • Author_Institution
    Max-Planck-Instut fuer Radioastronomie
  • fYear
    1989
  • fDate
    0-0 1989
  • Firstpage
    26
  • Lastpage
    29
  • Abstract
    The XFIfR acousto-optical spectrometer has a bandwidth of 992 MHz and a 1.7 MHz resolution. Using a heterodyne receiver we obtained laboratory spectra of the CO(12 - 11) rotational transition. The pressure broadening parameter of this line was determined to be 2.59(16) MHz/Torr. The AOS was also flown on board the Kuiper Airborne Observatory and performed just as well as in the laboratory.
  • Keywords
    Astronomy; Bandwidth; Frequency; Laboratories; Microprocessors; Observatories; Optical beams; Optical receivers; Spectroscopy; Telescopes;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Millimeter Wave and Far-Infrared Technology, 1989. ICMWFT '89. International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Beijing, China
  • Print_ISBN
    0-87942-717-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICMWFT.1989.763745
  • Filename
    763745