Intracavity laser absorption spectroscopy of HDO between 11 645 and 12 330 cm−1

The weak absorption spectrum of monodeuterated water, HDO, has been recorded by intracavity laser absorption spectroscopy (ICLAS) between 11 645 and 12 330 cm−1. This spectrum is dominated by the ν2 + 3ν3 band of HDO at 11969.76 cm−1. A total of 497 energy levels belonging to 12 vibrational states were determined while only 140 levels were previously reported from a recent investigation by Fourier transform spectroscopy in the same spectral region. The rovibrational identification process of the 1378 lines assigned to the HDO isotopologue was mostly based on the results of the accurate variational calculations of Schwenke and Partridge. The overall agreement between these calculations and the observed spectrum is very good. However, strong discrepancies in the calculated line intensities were evidenced in a few cases corresponding to an intensity transfer to a dark state through local resonance interaction.