Solution

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For each , substitution of a complex plane electromagnetic wave in a linear medium into the source-free Maxwell equations in a linear medium requires
where and . The accompanying magnetic field is
The 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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