A practical method for the deconvolution of experimental curves

A general method is given for the correction of experimental spectra when they have been distorted according to the convolution integral described, where F(x) is the observed spectrum, f(x) is the true profile and S(x) is the slit function or intrinsic broadening function. The method is applied to the three main types of slit functions which are encountered in practice, namely the exponential, Gaussian and Cauchy distributions.