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Published: Jun 20, 2025
Vol/Issue: 19(9)
Pages: 960-967
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Yinhui Kan

Center for Nano Optics University of Southern Denmark Odense M DK‐5230 Denmark

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Paul C. V. Thrane

SINTEF Microsystems and Nanotechnology, Gaustadalleen 23C, 0737 Oslo, Norway.

DTU Fotonik Department of Photonics Engineering Technical University of Denmark Ørsteds Plads, Building 343, DK‐2800 Kongens Lyngby Denmark

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Sergey I. Bozhevolnyi

Center for Nano Optics University of Southern Denmark Odense M DK‐5230 Denmark

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Yinhui Kan, Paul C. V. Thrane, Shailesh Kumar, et al. (2025). Ångström-tunable polarization-resolved solid-state photon sources. Nature Photonics, 19(9), 960-967. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41566-025-01709-x

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