Chapter 9: Q9.22P (page 417)
Calculate the reflection coefficient for light at an air-to-silver interface at optical frequencies.
Short Answer
The reflection coefficient for light at an air air-to-silver interface is .
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Chapter 9: Q9.22P (page 417)
Calculate the reflection coefficient for light at an air-to-silver interface at optical frequencies.
The reflection coefficient for light at an air air-to-silver interface is .
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Find all elements of the Maxwell stress tensor for a monochromatic plane wave traveling in the z direction and linearly polarized in the x direction (Eq. 9.48). Does your answer make sense? (Remember that represents the momentum flux density.) How is the momentum flux density related to the energy density, in this case?
(a) Shallow water is non-dispersive; waves travel at a speed that is proportional to the square root of the depth. In deep water, however, the waves can鈥檛 鈥渇eel鈥 all the way down to the bottom鈥攖hey behave as though the depth were proportional to 位. (Actually, the distinction between 鈥渟hallow鈥 and 鈥渄eep鈥 itself depends on the wavelength: If the depth is less than 位, the water is 鈥渟hallow鈥; if it is substantially greater than 位, the water is 鈥渄eep.鈥) Show that the wave velocity of deep water waves is twice the group velocity.
(b) In quantum mechanics, a free particle of mass m traveling in the x direction is described by the wave function
wherep is the momentum, and is the kinetic energy. Calculate the group velocity and the wave velocity. Which one corresponds to the classical speed of the particle? Note that the wave velocity is half the group velocity.
Consider the resonant cavity produced by closing off the two ends of a rectangular wave guide, at and at , making a perfectly conducting empty box. Show that the resonant frequencies for both TE and TM modes are given by
(9.204)
For integers l, m, and n. Find the associated electric and magneticfields.
[The naive explanation for the pressure of light offered in section 9.2.3 has its flaws, as you discovered if you worked Problem 9.11. Here's another account, due originally to Planck.] A plane wave travelling through vaccum in the z direction encounters a perfect conductor occupying the region , and reflects back:
Suppose
(This is, incidentally, the simplest possible spherical wave. For notational convenience, letin your calculations.)
(a) Show that obeys all four of Maxwell's equations, in vacuum, and find the associated magnetic field.
(b) Calculate the Poynting vector. Average S over a full cycle to get the intensity vector . (Does it point in the expected direction? Does it fall off like , as it should?)
(c) Integrate over a spherical surface to determine the total power radiated. [Answer:]
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