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galvin452
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If I have a 45 degree linear polarized light which I then circularly polarize using a 1/4 wave plate and put this through an optical rotary crystal and then using the equivalent 1/4 wave plate but in the reverse oriention, will I get back a 45 degree linear polarized light?
Put another way, as circular polarized light can use a linear basis set 90 degrees out of phase, can the angle of the linear basis set with respect to the 1/4 wave plate orientation be rotated by the optical rotary crystal (while the phase remains circular) or is the basis set orientation always fixed?
I would think the basis set orientation is fixed but just want to make sure.
Put another way, as circular polarized light can use a linear basis set 90 degrees out of phase, can the angle of the linear basis set with respect to the 1/4 wave plate orientation be rotated by the optical rotary crystal (while the phase remains circular) or is the basis set orientation always fixed?
I would think the basis set orientation is fixed but just want to make sure.