Inferring incident power from a transmitted plasma field

For a downward transverse wave in an isotropic plasma, $E_z/E_x=\tan {\theta }_t$ fixes the transmitted direction. Tangential phase matching gives $\sin {\theta }_i=n_p\sin {\theta }_t$. Continuity of tangential electric and magnetic fields then separates incident and reflected amplitudes. A measured transmitted electric amplitude alone cannot be identified with the incident one; mean power for peak phasors includes a factor of one half, and interface-normal flux includes a cosine.