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The Question of Correlation between Photons in Coherent Light Rays

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HANBURY BROWN, R., TWISS, R. The Question of Correlation between Photons in Coherent Light Rays. Nature 178, 1447–1448 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/1781447a0

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