First-quantization quantum-mechanical insight into the Hong-Ou-Mandel two-photon interferometer with polarizers and its role as a quantum eraser

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 931-935

  Herbut, Fedor ^a   Vujičić, Milan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

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EID: 0005265229     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.56.931     Document Type: Article

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