High precision measurement of ultraweak transitions of the a${^1}{\triangle}_g{\leftarrow}$X $^3{\Sigma}^{-}_g$ $(0,0)$ band of molecular oxygen

Abstract

We have used a highly sensitive cavity-enhanced frequency modulation spectroscopy technique to measure different parameters of the ultraweak transitions of a${^1}{\triangle}_g{\leftarrow}$X $^3{\Sigma}^{-}_g$ $(0,0)$ band of molecular oxygen in the range 7640 cm$^{-1}$ to 7917 cm$^{-1}$. The self-broadened half-width and air-broadened half-width of the transitions have been measured for three different pressures for both $^{16}$O$_2$ and $^{18}$O$_2$. To measure the line intensity and self-broadened half-width we have used ultra pure oxygen sample and air-broadened half-width was measured with dry air sample. The $(0,0)$ band of $^{16}$O$_2$ and $^{18}$O$_2$ show weak quadrupole transitions with line intensities ranging from $1\times10^{-30}$ to $1.9\times10^{-28}$ cm/molecule. The measurements are in excellent agreement with the recent measurement of Rothman et. al