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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.
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Walls, D. Evidence for the quantum nature of light. Nature 280, 451–454 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1038/280451a0
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