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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2020 ii Paper 4 36D b ii Solution by
Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-29
For each , substitution of a complex plane electromagnetic wave in a linear medium into the source-free Maxwell equations in a linear medium requireswhere and . The accompanying magnetic field isThe incident and transmitted waves have and , while the reflected wave has . Matching the fields at the stationary interface additionally imposes the phase matching at a planar wave interface conditions and equality of all tangential wavevector components.
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