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Indistinguishability in one-photon and two-photon interference

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Some interference experiments with the photon pairs from two parametric down-converters are described and analyzed. They are found to contribute to the interpretation of the quantum state.

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Mandel, L. Indistinguishability in one-photon and two-photon interference. Found Phys 25, 211–218 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02055204

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