What we can learn about single photons in a two-photon interference experiment

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 567-570

  Strekalov, D V ^a   Pittman, T B ^a   Shih, Y H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

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EID: 1342294777     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.57.567     Document Type: Article

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