Asking photons where they have been.

نویسندگان

  • A Danan
  • D Farfurnik
  • S Bar-Ad
  • L Vaidman
چکیده

We present surprising experimental evidence regarding the past of photons passing through an interferometer. The information about the positions through which the photons pass in the interferometer is retrieved from modulations of the detected signal at the vibration frequencies of mirrors the photons bounce off. From the analysis we conclude that the past of the photons is not represented by continuous trajectories, although a "common sense" analysis adopted in various welcher weg measurements, delayed-choice which-path experiments, and counterfactual communication demonstrations yields a single trajectory. The experimental results have a simple explanation in the framework of the two-state vector formalism of quantum theory.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Physical review letters

دوره 111 24  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2013