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Where is the photon in an interferometer?

URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2007.03624v2
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2022 11:44:22 GMT
Title: Where is the photon in an interferometer?
Authors: Joseph E. Avron
Abstract summary: This paper describes an experiment with pre and post selected photons going through nested Mach-Zehnder interferometers. They find that some of the mirrors leave no footprints on the signal and interpret this as evidence that the photon skipped these mirrors. They argue that the experiment supports Aharonov-Vaidman's formulation of quantum mechanics citeAharonovVaidman where post-selected particles are assigned disconnected trajectories.
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Abstract: In a paper titled "Asking photons where they have been?" \cite{LV} Danan, Farfurnik, Bar-Ad and Vaidman describe an experiment with pre and post selected photons going through nested Mach-Zehnder interferometers. They find that some of the mirrors leave no footprints on the signal and interpret this as evidence that the photon skipped these mirrors. They argue that the experiment supports Aharonov-Vaidman's formulation of quantum mechanics \cite{AharonovVaidman} where post-selected particles are assigned disconnected trajectories. I review the experiment and analyze it within the orthodox framework of quantum mechanics. The standard view of interfering trajectories accounts for the experimental findings.

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