polarization
property of waves that can oscillate with more than one orientation
optical rotation
rotation of the plane of linearly polarized light as it travels through a chiral material
photon polarization
quantum mechanical description of the classical polarized sinusoidal plane electromagnetic wave
circular polarization
polarization state
elliptical polarization
polarization of electromagnetic radiation
linear polarization
confinement of the electric field vector or magnetic field vector to a given plane along the direction of propagation
polarizer
optical filter device