The wave which is transferring through a medium , if it hit a surface wat will be the reflected wave
The question is not very clear. You did not specified the angle of incidence and the term circular wave is not exact. Also you did not say anything about the spectral range and refractive index of the medium. I assume you are asking about the right handed circularly polarized wave at the normal incidence in the visible. In this case you need to look at the phase difference given by Fresnel equations. In many cases the phase of the reflected wave components will change by pi so that the relative phase of the polarization components won't change. But since the propagation direction will change its sign the right handed light will become left handed.
The question is not very clear. You did not specified the angle of incidence and the term circular wave is not exact. Also you did not say anything about the spectral range and refractive index of the medium. I assume you are asking about the right handed circularly polarized wave at the normal incidence in the visible. In this case you need to look at the phase difference given by Fresnel equations. In many cases the phase of the reflected wave components will change by pi so that the relative phase of the polarization components won't change. But since the propagation direction will change its sign the right handed light will become left handed.
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