Keywords: Polarisation (Linear).svg Diagram of linear polarisation The direction of the black line relative to the central axis represents the direction of the electric field of the linearly polarized light at each point in space The blue and red lines are projections of the black onto two planes which are at right angles ---- There is an version which is identical to this original with the exception of phase indictors to make the phase relationship of its components clearer Refer to Other Versions section below Own drawing down in Mathematica edited in the Open Source program Inscape Created with Inkscape 12/02/07 inductiveload Polarisation Linear With Phase Indicators svg Circular polarisation Elliptical polarisation Mathematica Code This figure requires the use of Arrow3D which is not included in the StandardPackages as of Feb 2007 This can be obtained from Wolfram Research at http //library wolfram com/infocenter/TechNotes/4117/ this location The required packages are << Graphics` << Arrow3D`Arrow3D` The code is <pre><nowiki> wavefunction ParametricPlot3D Sin4t -Sin4t t t 0 5 BoxRatios\Rule 1 1 4 ImageSize\Rule400 Boxed\RuleFalse Axes\RuleFalse PlotPoints\Rule60 ViewPoint-> 2 2 2 PlotRange\RuleAll repsi ParametricPlot3D Sin4t -1 t RGBColor1 0 0 t 0 5 BoxRatios\Rule 4 1 1 ImageSize\Rule500 Boxed\RuleFalse Axes\RuleFalse PlotPoints\Rule60 PlotRange\RuleAll impsi ParametricPlot3D -1 -Sin4t t RGBColor0 0 102/255 t 0 5 BoxRatios\Rule 4 1 1 ImageSize\Rule500 Boxed\RuleFalse Axes\RuleFalse PlotPoints\Rule60 PlotRange\RuleAll end ParametricPlot3D Sint -Sint 0 t 0 2Ï BoxRatios\Rule 4 1 1 ImageSize\Rule500 Boxed\RuleFalse Axes\RuleFalse PlotPoints\Rule10 PlotRange\RuleAll xaxis Graphics3DArrow3D 0 0 -1 0 0 6 HeadSize \Rule UniformSize 5 HeadColor\RuleBlack uaxis Graphics3DArrow3D 0 -1 0 0 3 0 HeadSize \Rule UniformSize 5 HeadColor\RuleBlack vaxis Graphics3DArrow3D -1 0 0 3 0 0 HeadSize \Rule UniformSize 5 HeadColor\RuleBlack plane Graphics3DPolygon 1 2 1 2 0 1 2 -1 2 0 -1 2 -1 2 0 -1 2 1 2 0 \ crate WireFrameGraphics3DCuboid 1 1 0 -1 -1 5 Showwavefunction xaxis uaxis vaxis plane repsi impsi end crate </nowiki></pre> Polarization SVG physics |