A matterless double slit

Nature Photonics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 92-94

  King, Ben ^a   Di Piazza, Antonino ^a   Keitel, Christoph H ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MOLECULE; BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATES; ELECTRON-POSITRON PAIRS; HEAD-ON COLLISION; INTERFERENCE PATTERNS; PHOTON-PHOTON SCATTERING; ULTRA-INTENSE LASER BEAMS; WAVE-PARTICLE DUALITY;

BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; PHOTONS; VACUUM;

LIGHT;

EID: 76449118967     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2009.261     Document Type: Article

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