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Fluctuations in Photon Streams

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  1. The Observatories, University of Cambridge, England

    PETER FELLGETT

  2. Polaroid Corporation, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A.

    R. CLARK JONES

  3. School of Physics, University of Sydney, Australia

    R. Q. TWISS

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FELLGETT, P., JONES, R. & TWISS, R. Fluctuations in Photon Streams. Nature 184, 967–969 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/184967a0

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