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IN a recent communication, Fellgett1 has questioned the validity of the formulae we have quoted2,3for the correlation between the fluctuations in the output currents of two photoelectric detectors when they are illuminated by coherent beams of light.
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Twiss, R., BROWN, R. The Question of Correlation between Photons in Coherent Beams of Light. Nature 179, 1128–1129 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/1791128a0
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