Measuring evolution of a photon in an interferometer with spectrally-resolved modes
Quantum Physics
2016-11-15 v1
Abstract
In the year 2013, Danan et al. published a paper [Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 240402 (2013)] demonstrating a counterintuitive behavior of photons in nested Mach-Zehnder interferometers. The authors then proposed an explanation based on the two-state vector formalism. This experiment and the authors' explanation raised a vivid debate within the scientific community. In this paper, we contribute to the ongoing debate by presenting an alternative experimental implementation of the Danan et al. scheme. We show that no counterintuitive behavior is observed when performing direct spectrally-resolved detection.
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@article{arxiv.1608.01811,
title = {Measuring evolution of a photon in an interferometer with spectrally-resolved modes},
author = {Marek Bula and Karol Bartkiewicz and Antonín Černoch and Dalibor Javůrek and Karel Lemr and Václav Michálek and Jan Soubusta},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1608.01811},
year = {2016}
}
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6 pages, 6 figures