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Advanced Photonics Nexus, Volume. 4, Issue 4, 046013(2025)

Single-sideband modulation for dynamically reconfigurable multiwavelength interferometry

Leonard Voßgrag^1、*, Annelie Schiller², Tobias Seyler², Markus Fratz², Alexander Bertz², Daniel Carl^2,3, and Ingo Breunig^1,2

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¹University of Freiburg, Department of Microsystems Engineering – IMTEK, Laboratory for Optical Systems, Freiburg, Germany

²Fraunhofer Institute for Physical Measurement Techniques, IPM, Freiburg, Germany

³University of Freiburg, Institute of Sustainable Systems Engineering – INATECH, Chair Production Control, Freiburg, Germany

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Category: Research Articles

Received: Feb. 18, 2025

Accepted: Jun. 17, 2025

Published Online: Jul. 17, 2025

The Author Email: Leonard Voßgrag (leonard.vossgrag@imtek.uni-freiburg.de)

DOI:10.1117/1.APN.4.4.046013

CSTR:32397.14.1.APN.4.4.046013

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