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Photonics Research, Volume. 13, Issue 8, 2073(2025)

Manipulating classical triple correlations for optical information processing and metrology

Wanting Hou1, Run-Jie He1, Zhiyuan Ye2,4、*, Xue-Jiao Men1, Chen-Xin Ding1, Hong-Chao Liu3, Hai-Bo Wang1, and Jun Xiong1,5、*
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  • 1School of Physics and Astronomy, Applied Optics Beijing Area Major Laboratory, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
  • 2Department of Physics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai 519087, China
  • 3Institute of Applied Physics and Materials Engineering, University of Macau, Macao SAR, China
  • 4e-mail: yezy@bnu.edu.cn
  • 5e-mail: junxiong@bnu.edu.cn
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    Paper Information

    Category: Holography, Gratings, and Diffraction

    Received: Feb. 17, 2025

    Accepted: May. 5, 2025

    Published Online: Jul. 18, 2025

    The Author Email: Zhiyuan Ye (yezy@bnu.edu.cn), Jun Xiong (junxiong@bnu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.559681

    CSTR:32188.14.PRJ.559681

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