Examples of beam splitter in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web After these alternative causal events have occurred, another beam splitter reunites the two versions of the photon. — Quanta Magazine, 11 Mar. 2021 Under these circumstances, if two photons arrive at a beam splitter at the same time via different ports, then their paths will become linked (entangled). — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 7 Dec. 2020 Particles can be placed in superposition in certain experiments, such as those using a beam splitter to divide photons of light, to show the phenomenon in action. — Jonathan O'callaghan, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2020 Chris uses a cube beam splitter to create the laser light show announcing the Tanning Invitational pool party that incurs Hathaway's wrath. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 9 Aug. 2020 After going through the beam splitter, the particle enters into a superposition of two states: taking the left and right paths. — Anil Ananthaswamy, Scientific American, 6 May 2019 The pulses go through a beam splitter, which sends half of each pulse toward Alice and half toward Bob. — Kevin Hartnett, WIRED, 23 Dec. 2018 The two waves come back together at the second beam splitter. — Quanta Magazine, 25 July 2018 The thought experiment involves putting two interferometers side by side, such that each particle first encounters a beam splitter. — Anil Ananthaswamy, Scientific American, 6 May 2019 See More

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