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Contents
Plane Waves
Subsections
The Free Space Wave Equation
Maxwell's Equations
The Wave Equation
Plane Waves
Polarization of Plane Waves
Reflection and Refraction at a
Plane Interface
Kinematics and Snell's Law
Dynamics and Reflection/Refraction
Coordinate choice and Brewster's Law
Perpendicular to Plane of Incidence
Parallel to Plane of Incidence
Intensity
Polarization Revisited: The Brewster Angle
Dispersion
Static Case
Dynamic Case
Things to Note
Anomalous Dispersion, and Resonant Absorption
Attenuation by a complex
Low Frequency Behavior
High Frequency Limit; Plasma Frequency
Penetration of Waves Into a Conductor - Skin Depth
Wave Attenuation in Two Limits
Kramers-Kronig Relations
Plane Waves Assignment
Robert G. Brown 2017-07-11
Perpendicular to Plane of Incidence