beam splitter
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of beam splitter
First recorded in 1930–35
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However, the light in one arm of the interferometer reflects off the surface of the beam splitter while the light in the other passes through it.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 15, 2021
Because of that key difference, as the beam splitter itself expands and contracts, the light detector would pick up a signal.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 15, 2021
In their experiment, preselected neutrons with a particular spin were sent, one by one, into a beam splitter, which is a device that splits a beam of particles into two.
From Scientific American ● May 6, 2019
Instead, the first beam splitter sends the photon down one path or the other, like a particle.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 27, 2017
Physicists using an interferometer, an experimental device that includes the beam splitter, toggled between combining the paths and leaving them separate.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 6, 2012
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