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Journal of Modern Optics

Two-photon beats

John Jeffers, Stephen Mark Barnett

Published Oct 1, 1996• 0 citations
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Abstract

We show that it is possible to produce time- and path-length-dependent oscillations in the two-photon detection probability of an entangled photon pair when none exists in the detection probability for single photons.
DOI
10.1080/09500349608232865

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