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Polarisation of light — UPSC CSE 2011 Physics PYQ

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A plane wave has the following expression for its electric field: \vec{E}=\hat{x}E_{0x}\cos(\omega t-kz+\alpha)+\hat{y}E_{0y}\cos(\omega t-kz+\beta) If the phase difference is defined as \delta=\beta-\alpha, under what conditions do we achieve elliptic polarization? What are the conditions for circular polarization?

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