In electrodynamics, circular polarization of an electromagnetic wave is a polarization state in which, at each point, the electromagnetic field of the...

polarization, the fields oscillate in a single direction. In circular or elliptical polarization, the fields rotate at a constant rate in a plane as the wave...

specific polarization pass through while blocking light waves of other polarizations. It can filter a beam of light of undefined or mixed polarization into...

produces circular polarization) is much less likely. Observationally, the linear polarization fraction p ~ 0.015 from a single scattering; circular polarization...

exhibit chirality. Circular polarization and linear polarization can be considered to be special cases of elliptical polarization. This terminology was...

transmitting separate left and right circularly polarized light beams through the same optical fiber. Polarization techniques have long been used in radio...

antennas use mixed polarization, such as linear polarization at an angle (with both vertical and horizontal components) or circular polarization. On the other...

fiber, two polarization modes (say vertical and horizontal polarization) have the same nominal phase velocity due to the fiber's circular symmetry. However...

a year. Later, he coined the terms linear polarization, circular polarization, and elliptical polarization, explained how optical rotation could be understood...

spin down; or the polarization of a single photon in which the two spin states (left-handed and the right-handed circular polarization) can also be measured...

clockwise. When circularly polarized light passes through an absorbing optically active medium, the speeds between right and left polarizations differ ( c...

rotation, also known as polarization rotation or circular birefringence, is the rotation of the orientation of the plane of polarization about the optical axis...

have circular polarization when its electric and magnetic fields rotate continuously around the beam axis during propagation. The circular polarization is...

limb polarization. Plane polarization of starlight generated at the star itself is observed for Ap stars (peculiar A type stars). Both circular and linear...

ellipse are equal, then the polarization is said to be circular . If the minor axis of the ellipse is zero, the polarization is said to be linear. Rotation...

electromagnetic wave equation Polarization Circular polarization Elliptical polarization Plane of polarization Photon polarization Jackson, John D. (1998)....

linear polarization, μ - {\displaystyle \mu ^{\text{-}}} right circular polarization, and μ + {\displaystyle \mu ^{\text{+}}} left circular polarization. This...

wavelength, respectively), constraints on circular polarization in the CMB, a detection of circular polarization from the atmosphere, and measurements of...

the polarization varying between linear and circular polarization in the range of half a wavelength. However, if orthogonal circular polarizations (the...

left circular polarization, or a superposition of the two. Equivalently, a photon can be described as having horizontal or vertical linear polarization, or...

the phase velocity between the left and right circular polarizations. Thus it is an example of circular birefringence, as is optical activity, but involves...

further transforms the linearly polarized light into circularly-polarized light. The circular polarization avoids problems with autofocus and the light-metering...

horizontal, vertical, linear, and circular polarization to detect different types of reflections. For example, circular polarization is used to minimize the interference...

of the state of polarization of the incident wave. For instance, a quarter-wave plate is commonly used to create circular polarization from a linearly...

Fresnel coined the terms linear polarization, circular polarization, and elliptical polarization. For circular polarization, the two perpendicular components...

motions of unequal amplitude and 90 degrees out of phase, with circular polarization being the special case where the two linear motions have the same...

counterpropagating beams) of opposite circular polarization coexist in the same ring resonator. The resonator incorporates polarization rotation (via a nonplanar...

work due to spin-orbit coupling. The circular polarization of electromagnetic fields is due to spin polarization of their constituent photons. In the...

familiar polarization states are linear and circular, which are degenerate cases of the most general state, an ellipse. One way to describe polarization is...

often exhibit much lower circular polarization fractions than standard theories predict. Mode coupling refers to polarization state changes of the x {\displaystyle...