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
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,
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