Title :
High-precision fast scan millimeter- and submillimeter-wave spectroscopy
Author :
Alekseev, E.A. ; Motiyenko, R.A. ; Margules, L.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Radio Astron. NASU, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv Nat. Univ., Kharkiv, Ukraine
Abstract :
New spectrometers based on the direct digital frequency synthesizers are presented. The rate of molecular spectrum recording is up to 100 GHz/h with a high accuracy of measuring transition frequencies (the measurement error for isolated spectral lines lies within 0.002 MHz provided that the signal-to-noise ratio is 50 or greater). In addition the Lamb dip measurements are applied to improve spectral resolution and to obtain accuracy better than 0.001 MHz.
Keywords :
direct digital synthesis; frequency measurement; microwave measurement; millimetre wave spectroscopy; submillimetre wave spectroscopy; Lamb dip measurement; direct digital frequency synthesizers; molecular spectrum recording rate; spectral resolution improvement; submillimeter wave spectroscopy; transition frequency measurement accuracy; Accuracy; Extraterrestrial measurements; Frequency measurement; Frequency synthesizers; Rotation measurement; Spectroscopy; Synthesizers;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference (EuMC), 2013 European
Conference_Location :
Nuremberg