Linearly polarized light will in consequence become elliptically polarized on total reflection.
When the end of the electric field vector travels in an ellipse, the light is elliptically polarized.
left-hand elliptically polarized wave
He spoke only briefly and elliptically about the mission.
elliptically polarized wave
Field integral shimming of elliptically polarized undulator at Shanghai synchrotron radiation facility
Detecting elliptically polarized light using compound quarter-wave plate