EVIDENCE FOR THE QUANTUM NATURE OF LIGHT

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WALLS, DF
机构
[1] Department of Physics, University of Waikato, Hamilton
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10.1038/280451a0
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
A unique property predicted by the quantum theory of light is the phenomenon of photon antibunching.Recent theoretical predictions and experimental observations of photon antibunching in resonance fluorescence from a two-level atom are reviewed. © 1979 Nature Publishing Group.
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