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Recent measurements are reported for the refractive index of air in the infrared up to 2 microns. These are both absolute and relative in nature, the latter being more precise. It is concluded that the measurements support the validity of Edlen’s refractivity formula in this region.
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Schlueter et al. (1958) studied this question.
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