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Statement

12.1.26.

The average pressure of a plane sinusoidal wave incident at an angle α on
a metal surface is equal to P. Determine the amplitude of the electric field
strength of this wave.

Solution

The average radiation pressure on a perfect mirror for a sinusoidal plane wave incident at an angle(measured with respect to the normal) is:

where I is the average intensity of the incident wave. For a plane electromagnetic wave in vacuum

where E_0 is the amplitude of the electric field. Substituting and solving for:

If the angle were measured with respect to the surface, is replaced by. In the CGS system, the equivalent expression is \displaystyle
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