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Dirac was the first to postulate the existence of a Hermitian phase variable in the early days of quantum electrodynamics [15.1].
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Orszag, M. (2000). Quantum Phase. In: Quantum Optics. Advanced Texts in Physics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04114-7_15
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