This wo k was unded by he Minis y o Resea ch, Inno a ion and
Digi iza ion, CNCS –UEFISCDI, g an numbe PN-IV-P2-2.1-TE-2023-2019,
and by he Eu opean Resea ch Execu i e Agency h ough cascading
unding p o ided by he RDA TIGER and FAIR-IMPACT p ojec s.
Ioana Ma ia Co ea, ioana.co [email p o ec ed]o
Na ional Ins i u e o Resea ch and De elopmen in Op oelec onics INOE 2000, Romania
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