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An experimental apparatus to detect de Broglie waves is discussed. The wave packets of two photons generated in the parametric-down conversion are overlapped in a modified Mach-Zehnder interferometer. The coincidence photodetection rate of photon pairs is evaluated, as a function of path-length of two interferometer arms, both by using the de Broglie concept of a real quantum wave and by the quantum optical approach. The different results of these two theories are compared, and it is shown that the proposed experiment can disprove either the theories.
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Croca, J.R., Garuccio, A., Lepore, V.L. et al. Quantum-optical predictions for an experiment on the de Broglie waves detection. Found Phys Lett 3, 557–564 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00666024
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