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Kostiuk, T.

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NASA NTRS1975

Heterodyne spectroscopy of astronomical and laboratory sources at 8.5 microns using diode laser local oscillators

The first 8.5 microns infrared heterodyne spectrometer has been constructed using tuneable semiconductor (PbSe) diode lasers and was used to measure absorption line profiles of N2O in the laboratory, as well as black-body emission from the moon and from Mars. Spectral information was recorded over a 200 MHz bandwidth using an 8-channel filter bank. The resolution was 25 MHz (6 millionths of a micron), and the minimum detectable (black-body) power was approximately 1 times 10 to the minus 16th power W for 8 min of integration. The results demonstrate the usefulness of heterodyne spectroscopy for the study of remote and local sources in the infrared.

Mumma, M.↗

NASA NTRS1975

Infrared heterodyne spectroscopy of astronomical and laboratory sources at 8.5 microns

It is pointed out that the first successful infrared heterodyne spectrometer featuring semituneable semiconductor diode lasers was constructed and used near 8.5 micrometers to make laboratory measurements of line profiles in nitrous oxide and to detect thermal emission from Mars and from the moon. Questions of instrument design are discussed along with the significance of the results obtained in the investigation.

Mumma, M.↗

NASA NTRS1974

Infrared heterodyne spectroscopy of astronomical and laboratory sources at 8.5 micron

The first infrared heterodyne spectrometer using tuneable semiconductor (PbSe) diode lasers has been constructed and was used near 8.5 micron to measure absorption line profiles of N2O in the laboratory and black body emission from the Moon and from Mars. Spectral information was recorded over a 200 MHz bandwidth using an 8-channel filter bank. The resolution was 25 MHz and the minimum detectable (black body) power was 1 x 10 to the minus 16th power watts for 8 minutes of integration. The results demonstrate the usefulness of heterodyne spectroscopy for the study of remote and local sources in the infrared.

Mumma, M.↗