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Show that the radiation pressure exerted by an electromagnetic wave of intensity I on a surface kept in vacuum is I/c.

Important Questions on Electromagnetic Waves

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What happens to the intensity of light from a bulb if the distance from the bulb is doubled?

As a laser beam travels across the length of a room, its intensity essentially remains constant. What geometrical characteristic of LASER beam is responsible for the constant intensity which is missing in the case of light from the bulb?

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Even though an electric field E exerts a force qE on a charged particle yet the electric field of an electromagnetic wave does not contribute to the radiation pressure (but transfers energy). Explain.
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An infinitely long thin wire carrying a uniform linear static charge density λ is placed along the z-axis. The wire is set into motion along its length with a uniform velocity v=uk^z. Calculate the pointing vector S=1μoE×B.

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Sea water at frequency ν=4×108 Hz has permittivity ε80 εo, permeability µµo and resistivity ρ=0.25 m. Imagine a parallel plate capacitor immersed in sea water and driven by an alternating voltage source V(t) = Vo sin (2πνt). What fraction of the conduction current density is the displacement current density?
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A plane EM wave travelling along z direction is described by E=E0sin(kz-ωt)i^ and B=B0sin(kz-ωt)j^. Show that

The average energy density of the wave is given by

UaV=14ε0E02+14B02μ0

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A plane EM wave travelling along z direction is described by E=E0sin(kz-ωt)i^ and B=B0sin(kz-ωt)j^. Show that

The time averaged intensity of the wave is given by 

IaV=12Cε0E02