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arXiv:1907.04159 · Nature Photonics

Quantum wave–particle superposition in a delayed-choice experiment

Kai Wang, Qian Xu, Shining Zhu, Xiao-song Ma

Published Sep 2, 2019• 44 citations
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10.1038/s41566-019-0509-0

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