I'm looking for some reference listing spectral lines outside the visible spectrum. (In particular, I'm looking for an element or compound that emits strongly in the 700-900nm range.)
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Assuming your question is a reference request:
I now about one resource that has a very broad range of spectral data, the
NIST Atomic Spectra Database Lines Form
This has worked great for me.
This page lists a couple of different alternatives. For the near IR case you are interested in, several collections are listed here.
answered Feb 15, 2016 at 9:01
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$\begingroup$ even though it doesn't fit into your desired spectral range, I can also recommend the CDMS (cologne database for molecular spectroscopy) astro.uni-koeln.de/cdms/entries . As the name already says, it's rather useful for frequencies in the gigahertz regime $\endgroup$– rtimeFeb 15, 2016 at 19:43
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$\begingroup$ This may be the best answer: Given a compound I can now find the extended spectrum, but given a spectral range I'm not able to find a way to get a list of elements or compounds with relatively strong lines in that range. But don't assume my physics is that strong: Is that question readily transformed into terms that will work with one of those data sources? $\endgroup$– feetwetFeb 15, 2016 at 19:59
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Both potassium (766.5+769.9 nm) and sodium (818.3+819.4 nm) have strong resonance lines (doublets) in this part of the spectrum. There are also the calcium triplet lines at 849.8+854.2+866.2 nm.
These are the strongest atomic absorption lines seen in the spectra of solar-type stars or cooler at 700-900 nm.
A more specific answer would require the spectral type of the star.
To do something more general and/or extensive you would need to get hold of a good line list (a line list alone cannot easily tell you which lines will appear strongest in a stellar spectrum) and a spectral synthesis programme like SME or MOOG.
