Line shape study of the carbon dioxide laser band Ι

Abstract

The spectral line parameters of carbon dioxide have been measured in the laser band I (00011 ← 10001) centred at 10.4 μm. The spectra were recorded at room temperature using the spectroscopic instrumentation at the far-infrared beamline, Canadian Light Source, Saskatoon, Sask. The spectral line intensities, air- and self- broadened Lorentz half widths, and pressure-induced shift coefficients were retrieved for 48 spectral lines using a multispectrum fit technique (Benner et al. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 53, 705 (1995)). Line parameters were retrieved using the Voigt and speed-dependent Voigt models. The deviations between our results and other results reported in the literature and in the HITRAN08 (Rothman et al. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 110, 533 (2009)) database were examined and discussed. The effect of errors in fitting channel spectra parameters was examined and found to be mitigated by the inclusion of channels in the multispectral fit.