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Far-Infrared Sources

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Far-Infrared Properties of Solids

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Although the far-infrared region of the spectrum (3 cm−1 to 300 cm−1)can be considered today as instrumentally well developed it is still rather difficult to measure absorptivity or reflectivity with high resolution or high precision. This is mainly so because of the lack of powerful sources even though the techniques of spectrometry as well as the development of detectors has made considerable progress during the last 15 years.

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Genzel, L. (1970). Far-Infrared Sources. In: Far-Infrared Properties of Solids. Optical Physics and Engineering. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1863-7_4

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