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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 August 1999
This paper describes an automatic lineshape recording device applied to thestudy of the rotational molecular transition J: 2 → 3 of OCS gasat 36.489 GHz. The device includes a microwave oversized cell associatedwith a DC voltage amplifier and a microcontroller stabilizer. Itparticularly permits the automatic recording of the lineshape with anaccuracy better than 1 kHz for the frequency and 1 mV for the voltage.By fitting with a Lorentz or Voigt profile, we directly determine theevolution of the shape, the center frequency, the broadening parameter andthe intensity of the line versus the pressure. At low pressure, the Dopplerbroadening effect has been measured.