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I critize some of the conclusions in the paper by Danan et al, in particular their claim that '(S)ome (of the photons) have been inside the nested interferometer ... but they never entered and never left (it) ...'. A standard…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-03-14 Bengt E Y Svensson

In an recent work with the title "Asking Photons Where They Have Been", Danan et al. experimentally demonstrate an intriguing behavior of photons in an interferometer [Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 240402 (2013)]. In their words: "The photons tell…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-03-14 Pablo L. Saldanha

Quantum mechanics does not provide a clear answer to the question: What was the past of a photon which went through an interferometer? Various welcher weg measurements, delayed-choice which-path experiments and weak-measurements of photons…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-11-05 Ariel Danan , Demitry Farfurnik , Shimshon Bar-Ad , Lev Vaidman

By using the nonuniform discrete Fourier transform on the center positions of the symmetric intensity distribution of the output beam, we recover the vibration information of two mirrors, which is lost in the analysis of Danan \emph{et al.}…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-11-12 Jie-Hui Huang , Li-Yun Hu , Xue-Xiang Xu , Cun-Jin Liu , Qin Guo , Hao-Liang Zhang , Shi-Yao Zhu

A nested interferometer experiment by Danan et al (2013) is discussed and some claims evaluated concerning the whereabouts of the photon, primarily in the context of time-symmetric interpretations of quantum theory including the Two-State…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-04 R. E. Kastner

We argue that the modification proposed by Li et al. [Chin. Phys. Lett. 32, 050303 (2015)] to the experiment of Danan et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 240402 (2013)] does not test the past of the photon as characterised by local weak traces.…

The authors of Phys.Rev.Lett. \textbf{111}, 240402 (2013) conclude that "the past of the photons is not represented by continuous trajectories". A simple analysis by standard quantum mechanics shows that this claim is false.

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-10-12 D. Sokolovski

I stress that [PRL 111,240402(2013)] contains no result that need to be explained by so-called Two State Vector Formalism, and closely inspected data are in disagreement with claims of Danan, Farfurnik, Bar-Ad, and Vaidman

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-10-07 MMarcin Wieśniak

Bartkiewicz et al. [Phys. Rev. A 91, 012103 (2015)] provided an alternative analysis of experiment performed by Danan et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 240402 (2013)] which presented surprising evidence regarding the past of photons passing…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-04-20 Lev Vaidman

Yuan and Feng [Eur. Phys. J. Plus 138:70, 2023] recently proposed a modification of the nested Mach-Zehnder interferometer experiment performed by Danan et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 111:240402, 2013] and argued that photons give "contradictory"…

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…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-03-29 Joseph E. Avron

Recently, a scheme based on the method of weak measurements to register the trajectories of photons passing through a nested Mach-Zehnder interferometer was proposed [L. Vaidman, Phys. Rev. A \textbf{87}, 052104 (2013)] and then realized…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-06-05 Gennady N. Nikolaev

The criticism of the experiment showing disconnected traces of photons passing through a nested Mach-Zehnder interferometer is shown to be unfounded.

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-03-13 Lev Vaidman

An ideal experiment is designed to determine the past of a particle in the nested Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) by using standard quantum mechanics with quantum non-demolition measurements. We find that when the photon reaches the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-20 Fu Li , F. A. Hashmi , Jun-Xiang Zhang , Shi-Yao Zhu

Interesting objections to conclusions of our experiment with nested interferometers raised by Salih in a recent Commentary are analysed and refuted.

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-08-05 A. Danan , D. Farfurnik , S. Bar-Ad , L. Vaidman

Misinterpretation in the preceding Comment of my recent analysis of the past of a photon is corrected. There is nothing in this analysis which is "contrary to the usual quantum expectations" but, nevertheless, it does provide "further…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-10-07 Lev Vaidman

Using the most basic mathematical tools, I present the full analysis of the experiment decribed in [A. Danan, D. Farfurnik, S. Bar-Ad, and L. Vaidman, {\em Phys. Rev. Lett.} {\bf 111}, 240402 (2013)]. First, I confirm that the data…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-07-21 Marcin Wieśniak

Linear-optical interferometers play a key role in designing circuits for quantum information processing and quantum communications. Even though nested Mach-Zehnder interferometers appear easy to describe, there are occasions when they…

Bhati and Arvind [Phys. Lett. A, 127955 (2022)] recently argued that in a specially designed experiment the timing of photon detection events demonstrates photon presence at a location at which they are not present according to the weak…

Hashmi et al. [J. Phys. A 49, 345302 (2016)] claimed that the approach to the past of a quantum particle introduced by Vaidman [Phys. Rev. A 87, 052104 (2013)] has difficulties in certain examples and that it even can be refuted. Here I…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-10-18 Lev Vaidman
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