Title :
Spectra of rotational transitions for diatomic and triatomic molecules measured using widely-tunable monochromatic THz source
Author :
Sun, Hongqian ; Ding, Yujie J. ; Zotova, Yuliya B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Lehigh Univ., Bethlehem, PA
Abstract :
We have observed distinct rotational transitions in two carbon monoxide isotopic variants, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen dioxide by using our newly-developed widely-tunable monochromatic THz source.
Keywords :
carbon compounds; nitrogen compounds; rotational states; terahertz wave spectra; CO; CO2; NO2; carbon dioxide; carbon monoxide isotopic variants; diatomic molecule; nitrogen dioxide; rotational transition spectra; triatomic molecule; widely-tunable monochromatic THz source; Atmospheric measurements; Carbon dioxide; Frequency measurement; Gases; Infrared spectra; Nitrogen; Pollution measurement; Remote monitoring; Rotation measurement; Spectroscopy; (280.1120) Air pollution monitoring; (300.6270) Spectroscopy, far infrared; (300.6390) Spectroscopy, molecular;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628546
