Hello everyone I believe that what is described now in the article as the accepted convention about right and left handed polarization in physics is incorrect I read the discussion and I think that Srleffler s surmise 03 Jan 2010 about the physics convention is correct i e point thumb in direction of propagation According to RP Feynman s lectures Vol 1 ch 33 1 this is the convention used in physics There might be different conventions in optics Greetings Nov 12th 2010