  The ability to selectively excite light with fixed handedness is crucial for
circularly polarized light emission. It is commonly believed that the
luminescent material chirality determines the emitted light handedness,
regardless of the light emitting direction. In this work, we propose an
anomalous circular polarized light emission (ACPLE) whose handedness actually
relies on the emission direction and current direction in electroluminescence.
In a solid semiconductor, the ACPLE originates in the band structure topology
characterized by the optical Berry curvature dipole. ACPLE exists in
inversion-symmetry breaking materials including chiral materials. We exemplify
the ACPLE by estimating the high circular polarization ratio in monolayer
WS$_2$. In addition, the ACPLE can be further generalized to magnetic
semiconductors in which the optical Berry curvature plays a leading role
instead. Our finding reveals intriguing consequences of band topology in light
emission and promises optoelectric applications.
