Interference and the lossless lossy beam splitter
John Jeffers · Strathprints: The University of Strathclyde institutional repository (University of Strathclyde) · 2000
Abstract. By directing the input light into a particular mode it is possible to obtain as output all of the input light for a beam splitter that is 50 % absorbing. This effect is also responsible for nonlinear quantum interference when two photons are incident on the beam splitter. 1 1