beam splitter
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of beam splitter
First recorded in 1930–35
Example Sentences
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They can be made to do so with a beam splitter, a half-silvered mirror set at an angle that will, with equal probability, transmit a photon or deflect it by 90°.
From Science Magazine ● May 6, 2024
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
After going through the beam splitter, the particle enters into a superposition of two states: taking the left and right paths.
From Scientific American ● May 6, 2019
Wheeler realized that experimenters could even wait to remove the second beam splitter until after the photon had passed the first beam splitter.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 27, 2017
One might suspect that photons simply assume one of two behaviors—wave or particle—beforehand, or when they hit the beam splitter.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 6, 2012
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