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Amplification of incoherent light behind a beamsplitter

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The textbook aproach to light amplification is based on the idea that photons act as independent particles. If atomic stimulation is instead attributed to the action of the Einstein-de Broglie wave, a different photon distribution is obtained. Coincidence experiments can easily observe the difference between the two approaches if an amplifier is set on one of the two beams emerging from a beamsplitter.

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  1. Dipartimento di Fisica-Universitá di Bari, I.N.F.N.-Sezione di Bari, Via Amendola 173, I-70126, Bari, Italy

    A. Garuccio & F. Selleri

  2. Institut Mathematique pures et appliquées Université P. et M. Curie, 4 Place Jussieu, F-75230, Paris Cedex 05, France

    Ph. Gueret

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Garuccio, A., Gueret, P. & Selleri, F. Amplification of incoherent light behind a beamsplitter. Found Phys Lett 1, 139–145 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00661854

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