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Bulletin of the Lebedev Physics Institute

Interference of single photons

Oleg N Krokhin

Published Apr 1, 2014• 0 citations
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Abstract

The observed interference of single photons is explained without contradiction with the indivisibility principle.
DOI
10.3103/s106833561404006x

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