Reply to Comment on "Particle Path Through a Nested Mach-Zehnder Interferometer"

TL;DR

This paper refutes claims of counterfactual quantum communication by reaffirming that a consistent histories analysis does not support such claims, clarifying the interpretation of particle paths in a nested Mach-Zehnder interferometer.

Contribution

It clarifies that consistent histories analysis does not support counterfactual quantum communication, countering recent claims and reinforcing the original interpretation.

Findings

Consistent histories analysis does not support counterfactual communication.

Reaffirms conclusions of previous work on particle paths.

Clarifies interpretation of quantum interference in nested interferometers.

Abstract

While much of the technical analysis in the preceding Comment [1] is correct, in the end it confirms the conclusion reached in my previous work [2]: a consistent histories analysis provides no support for the claim of counterfactual quantum communication put forward in [3]