Hydrogen cyanide H13C14N absorption reference for 1530 nm to 1565 nm wavelength calibration - SRM 2519a

Published

August 1, 2005

Author(s)

Sarah L. Gilbert, William C. Swann, C. M. Wang

Abstract

Standard Reference Material (SRM) 2519a is an optical-fiber-coupled wavelength reference based on the fundamental absorption lines of hydrogen cyanide H¹³C¹⁴N in the 1530 nm to 1565 nm region. The main difference between SRM 2519a and its predecessor, SRM 2519, is the use of lower pressure in the hydrogen cyanide cell to produce narrower lines. Thus SRM 2519a extends the use to higher resolution and higher accuracy applications. The center wavelengths of 54 lines of the 2Ņ3 rotational-vibrational band of hydrogen cyanide H¹³C¹⁴N are certified with uncertainties ranging from 0.04 pm to 0.24 pm. This uncertainty is an improvement of more than an order of magnitude over SRM 2519. This document describes SRM 2519a and details the uncertainty analysis.

Citation

Special Publication (NIST SP) - 260-137

Report Number

260-137

NIST Pub Series

Special Publication (NIST SP)

Pub Type

NIST Pubs

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https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.260-137

Keywords

absorption, HCN, hydrogen cyanide, molecular spectroscopy, optical fiber communications, pressure broadening, pressure shift, Standard Reference Material, wavelength calibration, wavelength division multiplexing, wavelength reference, wavelength standards, WDM

Citation

Gilbert, S. , Swann, W. and Wang, C. (2005), Hydrogen cyanide H¹³C¹⁴N absorption reference for 1530 nm to 1565 nm wavelength calibration - SRM 2519a, Special Publication (NIST SP), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.260-137 (Accessed October 14, 2025)