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A book containing references, alphabetically arranged, to the contents of a series or collection of documents or volumes; or a section (normally at the end) of a single volume or set of volumes containing such references to its contents.

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In mortgage financing, the term is used to determine adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) interest rates after the discount period ends. Common indexes for ARMs are one-year Treasury Securities and the national average cost of funds to savings and loan associations.

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Also, in these papers the "imaginary boundary" method was suggested allowing to obtain an analytical solution that has an accuracy comparable to the numerical ab initio solution for the case when the size and the refractive index of particles satisfy the following conditions:

Approximate model for universal broadband antireflection nano-structure

In the next section, we will give an illustrative example to demonstrate how the gain-assisted negative refractive index can emerge under certain conditions (relevant to proper atomic and optical parameters of the present system).

Gain-assisted negative refractive index in a quantum coherent medium

The vertical gradient of the refractive index is responsible for bending of propagation direction of the electromagnetic wave [12].

Variation of radio refractivity with height above ground/Atmosferos luzio rodiklio kitimas didejant auksciui

55 [micro]m Wavelength Optical Deflector Using Arrayed Waveguide with Staircase Like Refractive Index Distribution," Trans.

Low loss a thermal arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) module for passive and active optical network applications

Remember the refractive index is prone to deviation.

Limitations of refractive index: contamination can artificially decrease readings

1); the refractive index, which is the same in all directions, corresponds to the radius of the sphere.

The refractometer

When electromagnetic wave traverses the interface from a material with refractive index [[eta].

Highly directive patch antenna using planar metamaterial

The measuring device SAG 80 of the company Zeiss, using the Toepler method, enabled a visualisation of the refractive index gradient within a certain range.

A new method to create refractive index gradients in inorganic glass

left arrow] [pi] transition energies were investigated with respect to changes in the composition of binary solvent mixtures, using nickel and freebase porphyrins with several different peripheral substituents, For mixtures in which preferential solvation is not significant, the responses of the absorption band energies were investigated with respect to functions of the solvent mixture refractive index which relate to the polarizability of the solvent environment.

Solvent effects on the electronic transition energies of porhyrins in binary solvent mixtures

This fabrication technique allows each layer to have a unique refractive index that can then be laminated and shaped into GRIN optics.

Human Eye Gives Researchers Visionary Design for New, More Natural Lens Technology

Photonic crystal sensors have applications in a wide measurement range of physical properties such as temperature, pressure, refractive index, bio-sensing [5-8].

High sensitive triple nanocavity biosensor based on 2-D photonic crystal

Two highly transparent LSR compounds with a high refractive index for LEDs and optical components are newly available from Germany's Wacker Chemie (U.