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A second-order interferometric experiment in which de Broglie waves pass through a set of beamsplitters and progressively lose intensity, leading to a decrease in the visibility, is presented. On the contrary, since the intensity reduction is the same in the two overlapping waves, quantum mechanics predicts a constant visibility.
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Croca, J.R., Ferrero, M., Garuccio, A. et al. An experiment to test the reality of de Broglie waves. Found Phys Lett 10, 441–447 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02764021
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