A uniform plane wave propagation in free space has the electric filed vector,

$\to E = (2 {^a}_{x} + j {^a}_{y}) e^{- (β z - j ω t)} V / m$ The wave is

Right elliptically polarized

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Right circularly polarized

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Left elliptically polarized

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Left circularly polarized

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Solution

The correct option is C Left elliptically polarized

$Field contains orthogonal components with enequal amplitudes \Rightarrow Elliptical polarization$

$y components leads x components by 90^{\circ} and wave is travelling in positive zdirection \Rightarrow left elliptically polarized,$

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E =_{x} s i n (ω t - β z) +_{y} s i n (ω t - β z + π / 2)

\to E = 5 cos (ω t + β z) {^a}_{x} - 5 sin (ω t + β z + 180^{\circ}) {^a}_{y} A / m

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