Heterodyne measurements of 12C18O, 13C16O,and 13C18 O laser frequencies; mass dependence of Dunham coefficients

Difference frequencies between rare isotope CO lasers and a ¹²C¹⁶O laser have been measured by optical heterodyne techniques. These data for ¹²C¹⁸O, ¹³C¹⁶O, and ¹³C¹⁸O have been used together with the 15 previously reported Dunham coefficients Y_kl for ¹²C¹⁶O to determine a set of mass independent parameters Δ_kl and U_kl defined by Y_kl = μ^-(k/2+l)[1+m_e(Δ^C_kl/M_C + Δ^O_kl/M_O)] U_kl. The 01, 1 0, and 20 correction terms were found to be statistically significant. Line frequencies calculated from the resulting 15 Dunham coefficients for the rare isotopes are accurate to a few MHz in the measured laser bands.