Exotic looped trajectories of photons in three-slit interference

Abstract

The validity of the superposition principle and of Born's rule are well-accepted tenants of quantum mechanics. Surprisingly, it has been predicted that the intensity pattern formed in a three-slit experiment is seemingly in contradiction with the most conventional form of the superposition principle when exotic looped trajectories are taken into account. However, the probability of observing such paths is typically very small, thus rendering them extremely difficult to measure. Here we confirm the validity of Born's rule and present the first experimental observation of exotic trajectories as additional paths for the light by directly measuring their contribution to the formation of optical interference fringes. We accomplish this by enhancing the electromagnetic near-fields in the vicinity of the slits through the excitation of surface plasmons. This process increases the probability of occurrence of these exotic trajectories, demonstrating that they are related to the near-field component of the photon's wavefunction.

The Looped Light of the Triple-Slit Real Experiment as a Confirmation for the Extra Dimensions of Quantum Spacetime and the Reality of Dark Energy

“…A remarkable experiment conducted recently [1] [2] [3] reveals apparently for the first time clear cut evidence for a looped travelling path of light [1]. In the present work we argue that this is not a rare event but is what the quantum fine structure of spacetime itself imposes on the movement of light's photons.…”

“…There is much evidence, both direct and indirect proving the reality of fractal spacetime [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]. However so far none is as convincing as the results presented recently in [1] [2] [3]. Based on the above we can state that once the fractal Peano-Hilbert model of spacetime is accepted as a fact within the framework of the present pa-per then the physical reality of extra spacetime dimensions and consequently dark energy and its 95.5 percent density follows suit as a natural by product of the theory [9] [10].…”

“…An early example of this effort bares a striking resemblance to the recent experimental finding of Ref. [1]. Rather than repeating the mathematical analysis of that paper we think nothing can be simpler and more convenient for the reader than comparing Figure 1 of Ref.…”

“…In other words the experiment in Ref. [1] merely used various refined and ingenious techniques by which the micro structure was blown up to the more pronounced picture shown in the results of Ref. [1].…”

“…The objective of the present paper is to link the result of a recent experiment to the fractal geometry of micro-spacetime [1]- [10] as well as the issue of cosmic dark energy and the accelerated expansion of the universe [9] [14]. In several early publications [6] [7] [8] going back to the eighties and nineties of the last century the author utilized a model due to the Canadian-English physicist G.…”