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# Kramers-Kronig relations in optical data inversion.

(Impact Factor: 3.66). 11/1991; 44(15):8301-8303. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.44.8301
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ABSTRACT Some remarks are made on the use of Kramers-Kronig relations in optical data inversion. It is shown that symmetry relations imposed on the optical constant should be taken into account when modeling the tails of the absorption and extinction curves.

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