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Interference Fringes Produced by Superposition of Two Independent Maser Light Beams

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MAGYAR, G., MANDEL, L. Interference Fringes Produced by Superposition of Two Independent Maser Light Beams. Nature 198, 255–256 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/198255a0

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