Interference between two indistinguishable electrons from independent sources

Nature

Volumn 448, Issue 7151, 2007, Pages 333-337

  Neder, I ^a   Ofek, N ^a   Chung, Y ^b   Heiblum, M ^a   Mahalu, D ^a   Umansky, V ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; AUTOCORRELATION; ELECTRON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INTERFEROMETER; QUANTUM MECHANICS; TRAJECTORY; WAVE EQUATION;

ARTICLE; BOSON; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRON; ELECTRON BEAM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INTERFEROMETER; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; OPTICS; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

EID: 34447529114     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05955     Document Type: Article

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