  We have demonstrated a high temperature vapor cell for absorption
spectroscopy on the Ca intercombination line. The cell uses a dual chamber
design to achieve the high temperatures necessary for an optically dense vapor
while avoiding the necessity of high temperature vacuum valves and
glass-to-metal seals. We have observed over 50 percent absorption in a single
pass through the cell. Although pressure broadening in the cell prevented us
from performing saturated-absorption spectroscopy, the broadening resulted in
higher signal-to-noise ratios by allowing us to probe the atoms with
intensities much greater than the 0.2 uW/cm^2 saturation intensity of the
unbroadened transition.
