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Plane Electromagnetic wave


In the time domain,

........... (6.9)

Which represents the magnetic field of the wave traveling in the +z direction.

For the negative traveling wave,

...........(6.10)

For the plane waves described, both the E & H fields are perpendicular to the direction of propagation, and these waves are called TEM (transverse electromagnetic) waves.

The E & H field components of a TEM wave is shown in Fig 6.2.