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Right-Handed Circular Polarization |
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| Right-Hand Circular Polarization (RHCP) occurs when the horizontal field component is +90 degrees out-of-phase with the vertical field component. |
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- Curl the fingers of your right hand around the rotating path of the field arrows. When you do this, your thumb should be pointing in the direction of propagation. This is why we call it "right handed" circular polarization.
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- Other than the phase differences of the waves, the mathematical description of this plane wave is nearly identical to the 45-degree linear polarization. Each has an equal vertical and horizontal field amplitude. That phase shift in components however makes for a striking difference in the visual behavior of E-fields and H-fields.
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