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Journal of Physics Conference Series

Periodic variations in the wavelength distributions following photon interferences : analogy with electron interferences

Maxime Vabre, S Girard, H. Gilles, B S Frankland, Ph Leprince, F. Porée, J.-Y. Chesnel, R O Barrachina, F. Frémont

Published Nov 5, 2012• 0 citations
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Abstract

In this report we investigate photon interferences in order to determine the wavelength distribution as a function of the position in the interference field.
DOI
10.1088/1742-6596/388/10/102048

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