Question

An elliptically polarized wave can be broken up into

Answer 1

In electrodynamics, elliptical polarization is the polarization of electromagnetic radiation such that the tip of the electric field vector describes an ellipse in any fixed plane intersecting, and normal to, the direction of propagation. An elliptically polarized wave may be resolved into two linearly polarized waves in phase quadrature, with their polarization planes at right angles to each other. Since the electric field can rotate clockwise or counterclockwise as it propagates, elliptically polarized waves exhibit chirality.

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Answer 2

elliptically polarized wave may be broken up to two oppositely rotating circularly polarized components instead of the two plane-polarized components.