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arXiv:1204.1712

Single-photon space-like antibunching

Thiago Guerreiro, Bruno Sanguinetti, Hugo Zbinden, Nicolas Gisin, Antoine Suárez

Published Apr 8, 2012• 2 citations
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Abstract

We use heralded single photons to perform an antibunching experiment in which the clicks at the detectors are spacelike separated events. The idea of such experiment dates back to the 5th Solvay conference, when it was proposed by Einstein as an expression of his concerns about quantum theory.
DOI
10.48550/arxiv.1204.1712

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