%0 Journal Article %T Exponential spectra in $L^2(¦Ì)$ %A Xing-Gang He %A Chun-Kit Lai %A Ka-Sing Lau %J Mathematics %D 2011 %I arXiv %X Let $\mu$ be a Borel probability measure with compact support. We consider exponential type orthonormal bases, Riesz bases and frames in $L^2(\mu)$. We show that if $L^2(\mu)$ admits an exponential frame, then $\mu$ must be of pure type. We also classify various $\mu$ that admits either kind of exponential bases, in particular, the discrete measures and their connection with integer tiles. By using this and convolution, we construct a class of singularly continuous measures that has an exponential Riesz basis but no exponential orthonormal basis. It is the first of such kind of examples. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1110.1426v1