Question

In a certain region of space we have standing electromagnetic waves formed by the superposition of circularly polarized plane harmonic waves of equal amplitude propagating in opposite directions. Use a Jones vector analysis to determine the polarization for the standing wave in each of the cases below. Describe the nature of the state and sketch the state by drawing representitive field vectors at various values of kz to clarify your explanations.
a. An RCP wave propagates in the +z direction, and an LCP wave propagates in the -z direction.
b. Both waves, propagating in opposite directions, are RCP waves

Answer 1