Narrow (H2O)-O-18 lines and new absolute frequency references in the near-IR

Authors
Gagliardi, G Rusciano, G Gianfrani, L
Citation
G. Gagliardi et al., Narrow (H2O)-O-18 lines and new absolute frequency references in the near-IR, J OPT A-P A, 2(4), 2000, pp. 310-313
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF OPTICS A-PURE AND APPLIED OPTICS
ISSN journal
14644258 → ACNP
Volume
2
Issue
4
Year of publication
2000
Pages
310 - 313
Database
ISI
SICI code
1464-4258(200007)2:4<310:N(LANA>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
We report on saturated-absorption spectroscopy of (H2O)-O-18 at 1.39 mu m b y means of a low-power distributed feedback diode laser. In the transit-tim e regime, we observed a 2.5 MHz wide line. This is the first narrow resonan ce in the spectral window around 1.4 mu m. Possible applications in metrolo gy are discussed. In addition, we propose some experimental schemes to meas ure the absolute frequency of (H2O)-O-18 lines in this spectral region.