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An Early Long-Distance Quantum Experiment

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In this essay I would like to describe the history of our long-distance test of Bell’s inequality experiment [1] from a personal point of view.

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    Gregor Weihs

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Weihs, G. (2017). An Early Long-Distance Quantum Experiment. In: Bertlmann, R., Zeilinger, A. (eds) Quantum [Un]Speakables II. The Frontiers Collection. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-38987-5_26

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