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Describe the State Of Polarization of the Left handed circularly polarized light which is passing through...

Describe the State Of Polarization of the Left handed circularly polarized light which is passing through an 1/8
wave plate, using the jones matrix.

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One can always consider the effect of a wave plate as a rotation on the Poincare sphere. A quarter wave plate would rotate a circular state of polarization one quarter of a revolution of the sphere, from the pole to the equator. Therefore it would turn circular polarization into a linear polarization. A 1/8 wave plate would rotate it only half as much, ending halfway between the pole and the equator. So the result would be elliptical polarization.

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