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The physics of ghost imaging: nonlocal interference or local intensity fluctuation correlation?

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Shih, Y. The physics of ghost imaging: nonlocal interference or local intensity fluctuation correlation?. Quantum Inf Process 11, 995–1001 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11128-012-0396-5

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