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    "Institute of Advanced Optics and Photonics, Hanbat National University, Daejeon 34158, Republic of Korea.",
    "Department of Physics, Sejong University, Seoul 05006, Republic of Korea.",
    "Department of Applied Optics, School of Basic Sciences, Hanbat National University, Daejeon 34158, Republic of Korea."
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