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"In a classical interferometer, first developed in the late 1800s, a laser beam in a vacuum hits a mirror called a beamsplitter, which breaks it in two." Uh...
by KaeseEs 16y ago
"In a classical interferometer, first developed in the late 1800s, a laser beam in a vacuum hits a mirror called a beamsplitter, which breaks it in two."
Uh...
- joezydeco 16y agoMaybe the time-travelling cellphone guy carried some extra stuff with him?
- eru 16y agoThey first (!) developed it in the 1800s. Nowadays it's done with lasers. Version 1.0 didn't have the laser beams.
- hugh3 16y agoI can just parse that as being sensible. Classical interferometers were first developed in the late 1800s, and if you put a laser in one then it will hit a beamsplitter. (Similar: "In a steam locomotive, first developed in the early 1800s, a robot arm shovels coal into a furnace") Not the best writing, though.