Extended Feynman rule and the two-slit experiment
Pedro Sancho
An extension of Feynman's rule, relating probability amplitudes and probabilities in two-photon interferometry, has been proposed recently [G. Jaeger et al., Phys. Rev. A 48, 1023 (1993)]. It would be interesting to analyze the validity of this rule in other physical situations not considered by these authors. In particular, we show in this paper that the extended rule cannot be applied to the gedanken two-slit experiment. This result suggests the existence of two quantum regimes, differentiated by the validity of the generalized rule. The distinguishability of one particle and the visibilities of one-particle and two-particle interferences are calculated. \textcopyright{} 1996 The American Physical Society.
Physical Review A•Jul 1, 1996•6 citations