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Old 29-July-2007, 07:17 PM
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Assuming we can trigger a laser to produce one photon per initiating trigger pulse, there will be a time uncertainty between the trigger signal and the actual generation of the wave packet.
Yes.
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Upon detection, there will also be a time uncertainty between the absorption of the wave packet and the detected signal.
Yes, although you can't actually disconnect these two statements of uncertainty, it's all the same thing.

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This would signify a valid measurement of single photon delay (subject to the uncertainty and taking into account known measurement delays) between the emission and absorption of a single photon that involved no interaction with any medium on route to the detector.
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