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Brazilian Journal of Physics

Joint Effect of Coherence and Polarization on the Quantification of Visibility and Distinguishability

Bertúlio de Lima Bernardo

Published Dec 12, 2018• 1 citation
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10.1007/s13538-018-00621-w

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