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Well, we know that circularly/elliptically polarized light is made up from orthogonal components. So is it possible then to create circularly/elliptically polarized light by combining horizontally and vertically polarized light? It seems to make perfect sense to me.

EDIT: Clarification: I mean by creating circularly/elliptically polarized light in the laboratory (though beam-splitters ?, I don't know) by combining different light beams of horizontally/vertically polarized light.

Well, we know that circularly/elliptically polarized light is made up from orthogonal components. So is it possible then to create circularly/elliptically polarized light by combining horizontally and vertically polarized light? It seems to make perfect sense to me.

Well, we know that circularly/elliptically polarized light is made up from orthogonal components. So is it possible then to create circularly/elliptically polarized light by combining horizontally and vertically polarized light? It seems to make perfect sense to me.

EDIT: Clarification: I mean by creating circularly/elliptically polarized light in the laboratory (though beam-splitters ?, I don't know) by combining different light beams of horizontally/vertically polarized light.

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Can horizontally and vertically polarized light combine to become circularly/elliptically polarized light?

Well, we know that circularly/elliptically polarized light is made up from orthogonal components. So is it possible then to create circularly/elliptically polarized light by combining horizontally and vertically polarized light? It seems to make perfect sense to me.