Phase shift and circular polarization

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What is the phase difference between the right circularly polarized and left circularly polarized light of the same amplitude? And how do you calculate it?
 

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That depends on your light source and your coordinate system.

Your question is similar to "how to calculate the length of a road?" without any additional information.
 
mfb said:
That depends on your light source and your coordinate system.

Your question is similar to "how to calculate the length of a road?" without any additional information.

Is there a more general way to track phase changes as the light passes through different optical components, just as Jones calculus allows you to track polarization changes?
 

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