Abstract
A simple optical experiment is discussed that implements the ‘‘quantum time-translation machine’’ suggested by Aharonov et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 64, 2965 (1990)] for photons. The time-translation effect was observed experimentally as the shift of the fringe pattern in a modified Mach-Zehnder interferometer. The possibility of describing the effect classically, in terms of Maxwell’s equations, suggests an alternative interpretation that does not invoke time-translation effects.
- Received 12 April 1994
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.51.45
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