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| Keywords: Circular.Polarization.Circularly.Polarized.Light With.Components Left.Handed.svg Circular polarization Handedness conventions for clarification The horizontal component and its corresponding plane are illustrated in green while the vertical component and its corresponding plane are illustrated in blue Given that this is left-handed circularly polarized light the leftward relative to the direction of travel horizontal component leads the vertical component by one quarter of a wavelength This phase quadrature results in the points of maximum magnitude for the vertical component corresponding to the points of zero magnitude for the horizontal component and visa versa The result is that there are select vectors corresponding to the helix which exactly match the maximums of the vertical and horizontal components To minimize visual clutter these are the only helix vectors displayed ---- This image was created using the open source program Inkscape If you open it using that program the image will still be divided into layers and you will have access to information used to create it If you need to alter it I would suggest first going to my Wikimedia User page at Dave3457 where information is gathered and other related images are listed Created with Inkscape own Dave3457 polarisation Circular and elliptical polarization | ||||
