How to Use beam splitter in a Sentence
beam splitter
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The basic computing unit in this device is an optical element called a beam splitter.
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IEEE Spectrum,
29 June 2021
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However, after sorting the light at each telescope, the different modes still had to be physically combined using beam splitters.
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Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Feb. 2026
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The researchers said even quantum random number generators based on photons and beam splitters are not fully free from systematic errors or bias.
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Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
27 May 2026
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The beams leaving the beam splitter shine on photodetectors (ovals), which provide electrical signals proportional to these electric fields squared.
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IEEE Spectrum,
29 June 2021
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Multiplying With Light Two beams whose electric fields are proportional to the numbers to be multiplied, x and y, impinge on a beam splitter (blue square).
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IEEE Spectrum,
29 June 2021
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So by scaling your analog signals appropriately, a beam splitter and photodiode in combination can serve as an analog multiplier.
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David Schneider,
IEEE Spectrum,
21 June 2019
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In addition to the beam splitter, this analog multiplier requires two simple electronic components—photodetectors—to measure the two output beams.
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IEEE Spectrum,
29 June 2021
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Another promising scheme is based on something called a Mach-Zehnder interferometer, which combines two beam splitters and two fully reflecting mirrors.
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IEEE Spectrum,
29 June 2021
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