File:Polarisation (Elliptical).svg

Description
English: Diagram of elliptical polarisation of electromagnetic radiation
Date 12/02/07
Source

Own drawing down in Mathematica, edited in Inkscape.

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Other versions

Circular polarisation

Linear polarisation

Mathematica Code

This figure requires the use of Arrow3D, which is not included in the StandardPackages (as of Feb 2007). This can be obtained from Wolfram Research at this location. The required packages are:

<< Graphics`
<< Arrow3D`Arrow3D`

The code is:


wavefunction=ParametricPlot3D[{0.5 Sin[4t+1],-Sin[4t],t},{t,0,5},
    BoxRatios\[Rule]{1,
      1,4},ImageSize\[Rule]400,Boxed\[Rule]False,Axes\[Rule]False,
      PlotPoints\[Rule]60,ViewPoint->{2,2, 2},PlotRange\[Rule]All]

repsi=ParametricPlot3D[{0.5 Sin[4t+1],-1,t,RGBColor[1,0,0]},{t,0,5},
      BoxRatios\[Rule]{4,1,1},ImageSize\[Rule]500,
      Boxed\[Rule]False,Axes\[Rule]False,
        PlotPoints\[Rule]60,PlotRange\[Rule]All]

impsi=ParametricPlot3D[{-1,-Sin[4t],t,RGBColor[0,0,102/255]},{
    t,0,5},BoxRatios\[Rule]{4,1,1},ImageSize\[Rule]500,Boxed\[Rule]False,
      Axes\[Rule]False,PlotPoints\[Rule]60,PlotRange\[Rule]All]

end=ParametricPlot3D[{0.5 Sin[t+1],-Sin[t],0},{t,0,2π},BoxRatios\[Rule]{4,1,1},
    ImageSize\[Rule]500,Boxed\[Rule]False,Axes\[Rule]False,
      PlotPoints\[Rule]10,PlotRange\[Rule]All]

xaxis=Graphics3D[Arrow3D[{0,0,-1},{
  0,0,6},HeadSize \[Rule] UniformSize[.5],HeadColor\[Rule]Black]]

uaxis=Graphics3D[Arrow3D[{0,-1,0},{0,3,0},HeadSize \[Rule] 
    UniformSize[.5],HeadColor\[Rule]Black]]

vaxis=Graphics3D[Arrow3D[{-1,0,0},{3,0,0},HeadSize \[Rule] 
      UniformSize[.5],HeadColor\[Rule]Black]]

plane=Graphics3D[Polygon[{{1.2,1.2,0},{1.2,-1.2,0},{-1.2,-1.2,0},{-1.2,1.2,0}}\
]]

crate=WireFrame[Graphics3D[Cuboid[{1,1,0},{-1,-1,5}]]]

Show[wavefunction,xaxis,uaxis,vaxis,plane,repsi,impsi,end,crate]
Category:Circular and elliptical polarization Category:SVG physics
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