Polarization of Electromagnetic wave

najeeb

Dear friends i know that a wave is linearly polarized if its components have a phase difference of n*∏ and is circularly polarized if phase difference is n*∏/2. But what if phase difference is neither ∏ nor ∏/2? like for E= a_x exp(-j(βy-∏/4)) + a_zexp(-j(βy-∏/2))... thanx in advance....

najeeb	Polarization of Electromagnetic wave Tweet Dear friends i know that a wave is linearly polarized if its components have a phase difference of n∏ and is circularly polarized if phase difference is n∏/2. But what if phase difference is neither ∏ nor ∏/2? like for E= a_x exp(-j(βy-∏/4)) + a_zexp(-j(βy-∏/2))... thanx in advance....