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If we look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mach%E2%80%93Zehnder_interferometer" I think it's fair to say that any interpretation of QM says that there are appear no photons (in idealized case) at detector 2 as there are no detections. Basically that means that photon interference takes place at beam splitter.
As I see this approach conflicts with results of this experiment:
http://physics.nist.gov/Divisions/Div844/publications/migdall/psm96_twophoton_interference.pdf"
where interference is observed after "postponed compensation" that takes place after beam splitter.
To make reasoning more straightforward let's say we use photon pair from donwconversion process where signaling photon goes through interferometer but idler is detected just for tracking purposes. So the setup is like this:
Will we see 100% coincident detections between Di and D2 with ideal detectors and ideal source (all photons are paired up)?
As I see this approach conflicts with results of this experiment:
http://physics.nist.gov/Divisions/Div844/publications/migdall/psm96_twophoton_interference.pdf"
where interference is observed after "postponed compensation" that takes place after beam splitter.
To make reasoning more straightforward let's say we use photon pair from donwconversion process where signaling photon goes through interferometer but idler is detected just for tracking purposes. So the setup is like this:
Will we see 100% coincident detections between Di and D2 with ideal detectors and ideal source (all photons are paired up)?
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