Effective frequency technique for finite spectral bandwidth effects

A technique that uses a single effective frequency to represent the effects of finite spectral bandwidth for active and passive measurements centered on an absorption line, a trough region, or a slowly varying spectral feature is described. For Gaussian and rectangular instrumental line shapes, the...

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Veröffentlicht in:Applied Optics 2004-06, Vol.43 (18), p.3747-3751
Hauptverfasser: Korb, C Laurence, Weng, Chi Y
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A technique that uses a single effective frequency to represent the effects of finite spectral bandwidth for active and passive measurements centered on an absorption line, a trough region, or a slowly varying spectral feature is described. For Gaussian and rectangular instrumental line shapes, the effective frequency is shown to have a simple form that depends only on the instrumental line shape and bandwidth and not on the absorption line profile. The technique is applicable to a large class of active and passive measurements and simulations in both the laboratory and the atmosphere. Simulations show that the technique yields accuracies better than 0.1% for bandwidths less than 0.2 times the atmospheric linewidth for a rectangular line shape or better than 0.2% for a Gaussian.
ISSN:1559-128X
0003-6935
1539-4522
DOI:10.1364/AO.43.003747