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circular polarization

noun

Optics.
  1. polarization in which the vector representing the instantaneous intensity of the electromagnetic field describes a circular helix in the direction of propagation.


circular polarization

noun

  1. electromagnetic radiation (esp light) in which the electric field vector describes a circle about the direction of propagation at any point in the path of the radiation
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of circular polarization1

First recorded in 1965–70
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Then, Du and his collaborators worked with two laser beams, each with a different frequency, or color, and circular polarization, or direction of the laser's electric field.

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The survey looks at a large amount of sky for highly variable radio wave sources, and collects circular polarization, among other data.

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Although other telescopes are collecting polarization data, there have only been a few large-scale radio surveys using the circular polarization technique.

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Both phones also use circular polarization display technology, so that the screen is visible from any angle when viewing it with polarized sunglasses.

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In particular, in the valley Hall effect, the two valleys are associated with photons of opposite circular polarization in the plane of the material.

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