Determinations of relaxation rate constants on the 22 GHz rotational transition of H2O by coherent transient spectroscopy

Abstract
The relaxation time constants, T2s of the 616←523 rotational line of H2O, self‐broadened by H2O and foreign‐gas broadened by He, H2, N2, and CO, are determined by the frequency switched microwave transient method. The relaxation constants of the M=5 and M=4 components in the presence of Stark fields are also examined. A novel method to stabilize the modulated microwave frequency is successfully developed.

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