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Acknowledgment:

We would like to thank Carrie Jaques, Dennis Horowitz, and Robert Rickenbach, from RIFOCS Corporation; James Clarkin, Karen Berg, Robert Sullivan, Jonathan Loft from Spectran Specialty Optics Company; John Kipp, Joe Gallo, Dick Holomb, John Revell, Vu Anh Lai from W.L. Gore and Associates, and Lisa J. McMurray from Lockheed-Martin for their participation and cooperation with this study and this effort.

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