Higher-accuracy IR wavelength standard:
nonlinear spectroscopy
Comité International des Poids et Measures, 2000
13C2H2  P(16)    ± 100 kHz (2000)
Comb-based meas.   ±      2 kHz (2005)
Great Britain, Japan, Canada, Japan
Existing portable wavelength
references for the telecom industry
laser
or LED
C2H2
W.C. Swann and S.L. Gilbert. (NIST), Opt. Soc. Am. B, 17, 1263 (2000).