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Advanced Photonics Nexus
Vol. 4, Issue 3, 036008 (2025)

Ultra-rapid broadband mid-infrared spectral tuning and sensing

Xiaoshuai Ma^1,†, Tianjian Lv¹, Dongxu Zhu¹, Zhuoren Wan¹..., Ming Yan^1,2,* and Heping Zeng^1,2,3,*|Show fewer author(s)

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¹East China Normal University, Hainan Institute, School of Physics and Electronic Science, State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, Shanghai, China

²Chongqing Institute of East China Normal University, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Precision Optics, Chongqing, China

³Jinan Institute of Quantum Technology, Jinan, China

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