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Absence of evidence of superconductivity in sulfur hydride in optical reflectance experiments

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Fig. 1: Raw data for measured reflectance of H3S.
Fig. 2: Optical data at low energies.
Fig. 3: Optical data at intermediate energies.

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The authors are grateful to T. Timusk and P. Roy for providing the raw data and additional information and for helpful discussions. F.M. was supported in part by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and by an MIF from the Province of Alberta.

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Hirsch, J.E., Marsiglio, F. Absence of evidence of superconductivity in sulfur hydride in optical reflectance experiments. Nat. Phys. 18, 1033–1035 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-022-01693-x

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