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Pablo Yepiz-Graciano¹, Alí Michel Angulo Martínez¹, Dorilian Lopez-Mago^2,3、*, Hector Cruz-Ramirez¹, and Alfred B. U’Ren^1,4、*

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¹Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apdo. Postal 70-543, Ciudad de México 04510, Mexico

²Tecnologico de Monterrey, Escuela de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Ave. Eugenio Garza Sada 2501, Monterrey, N.L. 64849, Mexico

³e-mail: dlopezmago@tec.mx

⁴e-mail: alfred.uren@correo.nucleares.unam.mx

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Paper Information

Category: Quantum Optics

Received: Jan. 21, 2020

Accepted: Mar. 24, 2020

Published Online: May. 7, 2020

The Author Email: Dorilian Lopez-Mago (dlopezmago@tec.mx), Alfred B. U’Ren (alfred.uren@correo.nucleares.unam.mx)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.388693

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