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Alteendtve coeFBcionts commonly ase. Our previous Solution Ey 2 Eon 3in( 7% (2-vt) +) Com also be written. as Eqs Eq sin( Kez-wt +9) Whee Kp= 2% aed we tm Remember that Ky and w ave uot indeyendleut but are relitel Havawh 4 =v | Anportt We gust learned flat Bev, Previously we ‘ze found that, For light, vee, wheve nis te index of vefractim, If light propayates from Vacuum into a mateviel of iudey n=ls , thea VV decreases. Therefore , eithan w ov Kz must change. Is it w, kK jor both? Answer “Ke becomes lary er, W stays tle Same, To see this ome can watch boundary conditions af Ye surface, Since matching must exist at all times, stank, w must be co Propagation dicetion One previous plane wave was vestri ete fo propsyate in He ze divectm. We cam also easily Find — golations hi a prepagede in other dire tio. Ele ewa(Karsted) 1K propagation in ye dlivection [Ele Ensin (A WY ~ut +0) ty hy Notice toed we have Wot ecified a polarization (ie. divetion of electric Fell) This i$ | becuse the. as is vestricbed based om He pvopegation divecti. We will addvess His later, Achitrary - propasation divection (él = E,sin ( Kyx + Ny rKe-uted) | | 4 The last form suggests Heat we define a vector Ke (Ke, ky, Ke) where [Al = a : With. this We tam vewvile onr ple wave solution as JE[= €.sin(Ree-ot 4d) lee #(x, 7,2) Kis cable! the wave vedor, T+ points in He dicecdim of wave propagation and pes longer as He wavelength gets shorter. copay I> JERR = %% Polaviantion Previoudly , we stote Phat fhe polarized ion must be perpendiinln to the divertion of propagation « Hew ,we slow why this 15 the case. First, assume arbiteary polarization, Bs Eysin (RF -wt +9) © (CbtEyf tEad) sin( Kea Ry thee we td Now looksng back at the devivation of the wave egy, “Notice Hut we used ouly Amnpows Law amd Faveday Lbaal. However, our solution must also satisfy bauss 5 Law Vee, £-€ €)-0 Ga a Aare free veyiow ), T(e8 i) 2 tafe Eat tof t +e.$) sin(hx Pky yt het nwt = bot ( KiEont by Eoy tk, a) t05( Ky thy the-utt+O) > fot, (K'E,) Cea( R-e-ut +p) =O Since we assume the cosine tevm is nonzero, amd bof, SO, We conclude Ht pee This indi ades Lhd Ki lacel é. ave ovthopoued, Ta otln words, . the pre papation dicechion and poleei zation ave ovthogoual aa Consegucne of Ganss's law, Notive plat we assumed Heat br Was a Simple constimh, For many materiale , Hhis cordl be a matrix (ie. evy sta), Ty tat 452, tas vest 16 No longer valid, & Thus far, in ow devivation 4 tHe wave equ.) we lave Focused on tHe electric frebl. However, Faraday’ Law shows that the electric Field wave wus be accompa nied by 4 Mag wet ice Field. = Vat = -4h With the trial solations this shows that He Electric Feld, Maqui Ged, aud divection of propagation ave all wtully ov tho souad, E \ aide Aer ADD % | | The magnifede of He. magntic Fel is given by IKUIE.| = [Bl b= Ke, Hew we guste a vesult from electro magaetic y. . The Poynting vedw gives He divectionl energy flux of am elect mage fic Field, Sst eB Apparently, Pee divedio of s is in fle same divectin as &. Since E aml B ave ov thoy oval) the cv0ss- product |S easy, and we Rud $= SIE 1B) sit(Re-ut +0) Be e | | eZ ov 4 Si2 ws, gE Ss re IE." sin’ K-# wt +0) ig Vow, we define He infeusity as He time - aver agted eneray Flax. L== hs 13] dd aie ae wel ~ fh vos( Re# ut) de T eee The average of this Lunction over long fimes id is Zero. - lef” % dt rae lh => )t apres % IL = A (Esl? Alternatively |Z Suells Law AL this point, we ave prepared to derive Sue [Is Law , whith describes how kK. chavyes at the interface between wateviels of tuo di ffevent judiles, A Zz A; wy Remember that eve & or Kenw u a Where we use he convention Hut K=1RI. with this, we Find k= ie Kye ny ce o aoad 7 as sin O 1 Oo K; wt O; ) hee (Ky sin, 0, Ky C05 9) | L e Mow $0 watch boundary couditions at the interface, a wave crest in veyiom ee must coveespoud fo a wave cvest in vegimn ME" Lede fooK at He same vaph of vow with He He waye veckvs , oul positimas of wave crests at a shapslet in time ni Votive Hud Le wave lewjth is slovter in vefion “ty but He wave crests match along 220, Gor this fo be tr, ble X - Counpon et of K, amd K, must be eg than hve Ki sin®, = Ky sin Op v Ri cin BF ie sin Oy UG me c W; sin = Ny sin GQ

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