A3.5 B3.3
(i) Develop the theory of electromagnetic waves starting from Maxwell equations in vacuum. You should relate the wave-speed to and and establish the existence of plane, plane-polarized waves in which takes the form
You should give the form of the magnetic field in this case.
(ii) Starting from Maxwell's equation, establish Poynting's theorem.
where and . Give physical interpretations of and the theorem.
Compute the averages over space and time of and for the plane wave described in (i) and relate them. Comment on the result.
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