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beam splitter

optical device that splits a beam of light in two, crucial part of most interferometers
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beam splitter

Summary

beam splitter ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (214 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • beam splitter's image is recorded as Beamsplitter-2.jpg[2].
  • beam splitter's image is recorded as Flat metal-coated beamsplitter.png[3].
  • beam splitter's subclass of is recorded as optical component[4].
  • beam splitter's Commons category is recorded as Beam splitters[5].
  • beam splitter's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02s9ls[6].
  • beam splitter's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/beam-splitter[7].
  • beam splitter's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 19819980[8].
  • beam splitter's MetaSat ID is recorded as beamSplitter[9].
  • beam splitter's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C19819980[10].

Why It Matters

beam splitter ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (214 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). beam splitter. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/beam-splitter
MLA “beam splitter.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/beam-splitter.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_beam-splitter_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{beam splitter}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/beam-splitter}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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