Explanation
Experimentally, every light signal can be decomposed into a spectrum of frequencies and wavelengths associated with sinusoidal solutions of the wave equation. Polarizing filters can be used to decompose light into its various polarization components. The polarization components can be linear, circular or elliptical.
Read more about this topic: Sinusoidal Plane-wave Solutions Of The Electromagnetic Wave Equation
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