Event-based simulation of single-photon beam splitters and Mach-Zehnder interferometers

Europhysics Letters

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 861-867

  De Raedt, H ^a   De Raedt, K ^a   Michielsen, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 15944369292     PISSN: 02955075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1209/epl/i2004-10443-7     Document Type: Article

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