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Intensity of an isotropic radiator
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Intensity of an isotropic radiator
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2026-09-24
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2026-09-24
An isotropic source of
average
power
P
has intensity
⟨
S
⟩
=
4
π
r
2
P
(1)
at
distance
r
. For monochromatic
vacuum
radiation
, its
electric-field
amplitude
is
E
0
=
2
⟨
S
⟩
/
(
ϵ
0
c
)
.
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