Okay, what happens in this situation:
Take figure 2. The arrow coming in from the left? Replace it with figure 1, with its mirror relabeled E and detector 2 removed (replaced with figure 2). And lengthen the distance to detector 1 so that it’s equal to the total distance to detector 2 in figure 2. And I guess call the detector 1 in figure 2 “X” for “we know you won’t be getting any amplitude”. Now what? Here’s what I get...
A photon is coming toward E (-1,0)
A photon is coming from E to 1 (0,-1)
A photon is coming from E to A (-1,0)
A photon is coming from E to 1 (0,-1)
A photon is coming from A to B (0,-1)
A photon is coming from A to C (-1,0)
A photon is coming from E to 1 (0,-1)
A photon is coming from B to D (1,0)
A photon is coming from C to D (0,-1)
A photon is coming from E to 1 (0,-1)
A photon is coming from D to X (0,1)+(0,-1) = (0,0)
A photon is coming from D to 2 (1,0)+(1,0) = (2,0)
From this I conclude that detector 1 will register a hit 1⁄5 of the time and detector 2 will register a hit 4⁄5 of the time. Is that correct?
Okay, what happens in this situation: Take figure 2. The arrow coming in from the left? Replace it with figure 1, with its mirror relabeled E and detector 2 removed (replaced with figure 2). And lengthen the distance to detector 1 so that it’s equal to the total distance to detector 2 in figure 2. And I guess call the detector 1 in figure 2 “X” for “we know you won’t be getting any amplitude”. Now what? Here’s what I get...
A photon is coming toward E (-1,0)
A photon is coming from E to 1 (0,-1) A photon is coming from E to A (-1,0)
A photon is coming from E to 1 (0,-1) A photon is coming from A to B (0,-1) A photon is coming from A to C (-1,0)
A photon is coming from E to 1 (0,-1) A photon is coming from B to D (1,0) A photon is coming from C to D (0,-1)
A photon is coming from E to 1 (0,-1) A photon is coming from D to X (0,1)+(0,-1) = (0,0) A photon is coming from D to 2 (1,0)+(1,0) = (2,0)
From this I conclude that detector 1 will register a hit 1⁄5 of the time and detector 2 will register a hit 4⁄5 of the time. Is that correct?