• DocumentCode
    655664
  • 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
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    6-10 Oct. 2013
  • Firstpage
    392
  • Lastpage
    395
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Conference (EuMC), 2013 European
  • Conference_Location
    Nuremberg
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6686674