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I acknowledge fruitful discussions withL. C. Andreani, G. Bjork, 0. Bisi, N. Kosrida, V. Savona andW. THEμ, who gave us also his refractive index and reflectance simulation program SCOUT. The valuable work of my coworkers:A. Tredicucci, V. Pellegrini and students:M. Ceschini, C. Mazzoleni, M. Cazzanelli, R. Guardini and P.Dubos, is thanked.

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