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Bertolotti, M., Sibilia, C., Guzman, A. (2017). Evanescent Waves. In: Evanescent Waves in Optics. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 206. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61261-4_2
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