Lecture -- Electromagnetic Wave Polarization

[@Baigle1]

I like this guy's voice and reasoning

[@h_yue1479]

For the right hand and left hand polarization, it is more helpful to think about right/left hand rule. When putting your thumb in the direction of wave propagation, the rest of your fingers will curl in the direction in which the polarization vector travels.

[@empossible1577]

Agree! Thank you!

[@pigpig6031]

I am still a little confused about the first half of the content. My current understanding is that "theta" represents the phase difference on the x-y plane. and "delta" is the phase difference between the x and y directions polarization or called orthogonal basis . Is there anything wrong with my understanding?THX

[@empossible1577]

Happy to help! If you are looking at Slide 11, for example, theta is not a phase here. Theta is an angle that describes the tilt of a linear polarization off the x axis. The delta term that appears around Slide 23 is a phase. It is the phase difference between the linear polarization along x and the linear polarization along y. It is a bit different to refer to the two linear polarizations as an orthogonal basis but I do not think it is incorrect. Hope this helps!

[@msomeonem]

That's not an American thing) CW CCW is intuitive for more ppl imo

[@empossible1577]

For screws and lids, there is a saying..."lefty loosey, righty tighty." LOL