Response to the Comment on 'Paradox of Photons Disconnected Trajectories Being Located by Means of 'Weak Measurements' in the Nested Mach-Zehnder Interferometer' (JETP Letters 105, 152 (2017))

摘要

In [JETP Lett. 105(3), 152 (2017)], a clear and comprehensive analysis of theparadoxical results of experiment [Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 240402 (2013)] wascarried out on the basis of the classical wave theory of light, whichpresupposes the continuity of possible of light paths. It was shown that theparadoxical results of the experiment are due not to the discontinuity of thetrajectories of light, as claimed in [Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 240402 (2013)], butto the used way of detecting the path of photons. The experiment modificationproposed in [JETP Lett. 105(3), 152 (2017)] allows us to eliminate the seemingdiscontinuity of the light trajectories. In Comment [arXiv:1705.02137 (2017)]to the article such modification is declared unreasonable. This Response to theComment shows that this statement is not based on clear and logical arguments.Instead, it is only asserted that the proposed modification "violates thefaithfulness indication of the trace" of photons. Therefore, the Comment'scriticism can not be considered as well-founded. Consequently, the conclusionof [JETP Lett. 105(3), 152 (2017)] that a new concept of disconnectedtrajectories proposed by the authors of work [Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 240402(2013)] is unnecessary, remains valid.