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arXiv:0806.4260 · Optics Communications

Quantum interference of multimode two-photon pairs with a Michelson interferometer

Fuyuan Wang, Bao‐Sen Shi, Guang‐Can Guo

Published Nov 7, 2009• 1 citation
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10.1016/j.optcom.2009.10.070

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