Grosshansdorf, Germany – February 9th, 2022. Microwave spectroscopy is a very powerful tool for discovering molecular structures and operates at very low temperatures near absolute zero (1 to 5 Kelvin). The spectrometers generally either operate with high sensitivity over a very narrow bandwidth or a wide frequency with reduced sensitivity. Researchers at the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have used a Spectrum Instrumentation digitizer card to create a next generation molecular spectrometer with both high resolution and high sensitivity that is capable of capturing sample data substantially faster.

Brandon Carroll, a Post Doctoral Fellow on the project, explained, “The new design … Read More → "Smithsonian Institute creates groundbreaking microwave spectrometer for research of interstellar materials"