In the resonance-tuned case, the phase modulation of the input carrier field creates equal magnitude sideband fields as discussed in Section 2.2.2, and these sideband fields are transmitted to the output port thanks to Schnupp asymmetry in the same state, i.e., they remain equal in magnitude and reside in the phase quadrature. In detuned configurations of GW interferometers, the upper and lower RF-sideband fields are transformed differently, which influences both their amplitudes and phases at the readout port.