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Address
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Fakultät für Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik
Angewandte Elektrodynamik und Plasmatechnik
Universitätsstraße 150
D-44801 Bochum, Germany
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Email
dong(at)aept.rub.de
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