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San K
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Let's consider a mach-zehnder apparatus
The picture is below:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mach-zender-interferometer.png
1. When the photon encounters (and emerges from) a half-silvered mirror does it loose any energy? The photon does change phase when it moves through a half silvered mirror, however does it loose energy?
2. Does a photon loose energy when its reflected of a full silvered mirror?
3. Does the photon loose any energy if one of the paths is blocked? (and its still detected at detector 1 or 2)
The picture is below:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mach-zender-interferometer.png
1. When the photon encounters (and emerges from) a half-silvered mirror does it loose any energy? The photon does change phase when it moves through a half silvered mirror, however does it loose energy?
2. Does a photon loose energy when its reflected of a full silvered mirror?
3. Does the photon loose any energy if one of the paths is blocked? (and its still detected at detector 1 or 2)