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JEE Main 2012 Physics question

PhysicsElectromagnetic WavesJEE Main 2012

An electromagnetic wave in vacuum has the electric and magnetic fields and , which are always perpendicular to each other. The direction of polarization is given by and that of wave propagation by . Then :

Answer: (2)

Solution

By convention the direction of polarization of an electromagnetic wave is the direction of its electric field, so ; the wave propagates along the Poynting

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