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1 Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragón (ICMA-CSIC), Zaragoza, Spain

2 UA Microoptics and GRIN Optics group (ICMA-CSIC), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

3 i3N and Physics Department, Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

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