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arxiv: 1704.02172 · v1 · pith:7PICTII4new · submitted 2017-04-07 · 🪐 quant-ph

Reply to L.Vaidman's comment on "Asking photons where they have been in plain language"

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Vaidman's analysis of the photon's past is based on incorrect interpretation of quantum probability amplitudes. The confusion stems from his original work [{\it Phys. Rev. Lett.} \textbf{60}, 1351 (1988)], which missed the connection between the amplitudes and the "weak values" introduced therein.

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