Effect of changing probabilities on interference

lundi 30 septembre 2013

Let's say we are doing interference experiment via say a Mach-Zehnder



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mach%E2...interferometer





In the Mach-Zehnder two of the mirrors are half silvered.



The photon has a 50% chance of passing through the half-silvered mirror and 50% chance of being reflected.



1. What happens if we make the mirror 3/4 silvered?



I.e. the photon has 25% chance of passing through and 75% chance of being reflected?



2. What happens if we make the mirror 1/4 silvered?



I.e. the photon has 75% chance of passing through and 25% chance of being reflected?






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