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Energy density and flux of a plane electromagnetic wave
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Poynting theorem
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For a vacuum plane wave,
B
=
k
×
E
/
c
, so
S
=
ϵ
0
c
E
2
k
.
(63)
The electric and magnetic energy densities are equal, and the time averages satisfy
⟨
S
⟩
=
c
⟨
u
⟩
k
.
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