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The use of a much brighter source than the conventional blackbody allows an
enhancement in lateral resolution in microanalysis using infrared spectros
copy, which thus, becomes limited only by the diffraction criteria. Numerou
s new applications have been performed in various research fields, which hi
ghlight the usefulness of such a new analytical technique.