Measurements of the isotopic composition of water vapor using a DFG-based spectrometer at

We report on absorption measurements of the isotopic composition of water in a demineralized sample by means of wavelength modulation spectroscopy of H₂O lines in the spectral region around . The mid-IR radiation was obtained by difference-frequency mixing of the radiation of an extended cavity diode laser () and that of a diode-pumped monolithic Nd–YAG laser. Preliminary tests indicate the possibility of obtaining a precision for the ¹⁸O/¹⁶O, ¹⁷O/¹⁶O and ²H/¹⁶O isotope ratio measurements of the order of 1 per mil.