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S G. Penoncello, Eric Lemmon, R. T. Jacobsen, Z Shan
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J R. Maurey, Kathleen M. Flynn, Charles M. Guttman
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We have constructed a new facility at the National Institute of Standrds and Technology to measure the index of refraction of transmissive materials in the
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Charles M. Guttman, William R. Blair, B M. Fanconi, R J. Goldschmidt, William E. Wallace, S Wetzel, David L. VanderHart
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Carl R. Schultesiz, Kathleen M. Flynn, Stefan D. Leigh
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NIST Wireless Communication Technologies Group (WCTG) White Paper. This publication is available free of charge from: https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.WCTG.10-17
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