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Daniel Maldonado-Hurtado1, Javier Madrigal1, Antonio Penades1

  • 1Photonics Research Labs, ITEAM Research Institute, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain.

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
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