| Subject | English | Japanese |
| tech. | circular polarized light | 円偏光 (えんへんこう) |
| gen. | circularly polarized light | 円偏光 (えんへんこう) |
| gen. | elliptically polarized light | だ円偏光 |
| gen. | elliptically polarized light | 楕円偏光 (だえん・へんこう) |
| phys. | left-handed circularly polarized light | 左円偏光 (ひだり・えんへんこう) |
| gen. | linearly polarized light | 直線偏光 (chokusen-henkō) |
| phys. | partially polarized light | 部分偏光 (bubun-henkō) |
| phys. | plane-polarized light | 平面偏光 (heimen-henkō) |
| gen. | plane polarized light | 平面偏光 (heimen-henkō) |
| gen. | n polarized light | 偏光 (henkō) |
| tech. | polarized light filter | 偏光フィルター (へんこうフィルター) |
| phys. | righthanded circularly polarized light | 有円偏光 (みぎ・えんへんこう) |