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All issues Volume 21 / No 2 (2025) J. Eur. Opt. Society-Rapid Publ., 21 2 (2025) 52 References
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J. Eur. Opt. Society-Rapid Publ.
Volume 21, Number 2, 2025
Article Number 52
Number of page(s) 9
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/jeos/2025049
Published online 19 December 2025
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