Realization of an interaction-free measurement of the presence of an object in a light beam

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1504-1507

  Du Marchie Van Voorthuysen, E H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0030502428     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.18413     Document Type: Article

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