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Optimum Operating Conditions for Terahertz Scattering-Type Near-Field Microscopes

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This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIP) (No. 2009-0083512).

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    Youngwoong Do, Soonsung Lee, Kiwon Moon & Haewook Han

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Do, Y., Lee, S., Moon, K. et al. Optimum Operating Conditions for Terahertz Scattering-Type Near-Field Microscopes. J Infrared Milli Terahz Waves 37, 939–943 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10762-016-0284-7

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