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Comparison of the complex refractive index of a-Si (left-hand side) and a-Ge (right-hand side). The data are from Jellison et al.57, Palik et al.18, Aspnes et al.58, Serényi et al.59, Adachi60, Lohner et al.[submitted] and Donovant et al.61.