Editing Circular polarization (section)

===Conversion to linear polarization===
Circularly polarized light can be converted into linearly polarized light by passing it through a quarter-[[waveplate]]. Passing linearly polarized light through a quarter-waveplate with its axes at 45° to its polarization axis will convert it to circular polarization. In fact, this is the most common way of producing circular polarization in practice. Note that passing linearly polarized light through a quarter-waveplate at an angle ''other'' than 45° will generally produce elliptical polarization.