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Jesica María José Santillán1 \*, David Muñetón Arboleda1 \*, Valeria Beatriz Arce1 , Lucía Beatriz Scaffardi1 and Daniel Carlos Schinca1,2

1 Optical Research Center (CIOp, CONICET - CIC - UNLP), La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina

2 Engineering Faculty, National University of La Plata, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina

\*Address all correspondence to: jesicas@ciop.unlp.edu.ar and davidm@ciop.unlp.edu.ar

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