Entangled photons, nonlocality, and Bell inequalities in the undergraduate laboratory

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 903-910

  Dehlinqer, Dietrich ^a   Mitchell, M W ^a  

^a REED COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 23044534175     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.1498860     Document Type: Article

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