Spectrum

NIR Optical constants spectrum of CH4 (normalized to 100%) in solid solution in beta-N2 crystal at 36.5 K

Title
NIR Optical constants spectrum of CH4 (normalized to 100%) in solid solution in beta-N2 crystal at 36.5 K
DOI
10.26302/SSHADE/EXPERIMENT_BS_20130103_003
Data reference
Quirico, Eric; Schmitt, Bernard (1992): NIR optical constant spectra of CH4 in solid solution in alpha and beta-N2 phases at 5 different temperatures (35K - 43K). SSHADE/GhoSST (OSUG Data Center). Dataset/Spectral Data. https://doi.org/10.26302/SSHADE/EXPERIMENT_BS_20130103_003
Publications
Experiment type
laboratory measurement
Type
optical constants
Comments
This spectrum is only valid for CH4:beta-N2 solid solutions with CH4 concentrations lower than 2%
Instrument
Nicolet 800 – transmission Near-IR
Sample holder
Stainless steel closed cell 10 mm thick with MgF2 windows cooled by He cryostat in UHV chamber with 2 KBr windows
Standard medium
vacuum
Observation mode
spectrum
Spectral range type(s)
NIR
Valid spectral range(s)
Min - Max ($cm^{-1}$) Sampling ($cm^{-1}$) Resolution ($cm^{-1}$) Position accuracy ($cm^{-1}$) Absorption edge
#1 2000.0 - 10000.0 0.4821314127 0.92 0.05
Comments
Noise (mostly k < 5e-6) removed by fit functions in the 3620-3830, 4760-5530, 6200-7050 cm-1 ranges, still noisy continuum in the 7410-7480, 7550-8550, and 8930-10000 cm-1 ranges
Comments
C axis possibly perpendicular to beam axis
Illumination
Type of polarization
no
Observation
Type of polarization
no
Comments
possibly partly polarized beam by beamsplitter
Observation mode
single spot
Image size
2.5 x 2.5 $mm$
Resolutions
2.5 ${\pm}$ 0.5 $mm$
Comments
circular spot located in center of a monocrystal
Experiment
NIR optical constant spectra of CH4 in solid solution in alpha and beta-N2 phases at 5 different temperatures (35K - 43K)
Date begin
1998-03-17
Release date
2018-02-27 11:44:05 UTC+0000
Version (Date)
#2 (2018-02-27 11:44:05 UTC+0000, Updated: 2018-10-23 04:12:44 UTC+0000)
History
Date Mode Version Status Comments
2018-02-07 10:26:31 UTC+0000 first import #1 obsolete version new optical constants spectrum of CH4 in solid solution in alpha-N2 at 36.5K (near-IR)
2018-02-07 14:34:05 UTC+0000 new version #2 valid version corrected continum optical constants spectrum of CH4 in solid solution in alpha-N2 at 36.5K (near-IR)
Analysis
The absorption coefficient of diluted CH4, normalized to a concentration of 1, is calculated by substracting the absorbance spectrum of pure beta-N2 from the absorbance spectrum of CH4 diluted in beta-N2 (from Quirico and Schmitt 1997a). The top of the nu3 fundamental CH4 band (2985-3090cm-1) is added from a thinner sample. The continuum parts and weak band wings are modeled by fit functions. The imaginary part 'k' is then derived in the limit of small k values (k < 1e-2), i.e., with k = alpha/(4*pi*nu). The real part 'n' values is constant and equal to the visible value of N2 (n = 1.23). See Quirico et al. 1999
Quality flag
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