NEET-XII-Physics

40: Electromagnetic Waves

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    The intensity of the sunlight reaching Earth is 1380 W m-2. Assume this light to be a plane, monochromatic wave. Find the amplitudes of electric and magnetic fields in this wave.
    Ans : Given:
    `` I=1380\,\mathrm{\,W\,}/{\,\mathrm{\,m\,}}^{2}``
    `` I=\frac{1}{2}{\in }_{0}{{E}_{0}}^{2}c``
    `` \Rightarrow {E}_{0}=\sqrt{\frac{2I}{{\in }_{0}c}}``
    `` \Rightarrow {E}_{0}=\sqrt{\frac{2\times 1380}{8.83\times {10}^{-12}\times 3\times {10}^{8}}}``
    `` \Rightarrow {E}_{0}=103.95\times {10}^{4}``
    `` \Rightarrow {E}_{0}=10.195\times {10}^{2}``
    `` \Rightarrow {E}_{0}=1.02\times {10}^{3}\,\mathrm{\,N\,}/\,\mathrm{\,C\,}``
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    `` \,\mathrm{\,Since\,}{E}_{0}={B}_{\mathit{0}}c,``
    `` {B}_{0}=\frac{{E}_{0}}{c}=\frac{1.02\times {10}^{2}}{3\times {10}^{28}}``
    `` \Rightarrow {B}_{0}=3.398\times {10}^{-6}``
    `` \Rightarrow {B}_{0}=3.4\times {10}^{-6}\,\mathrm{\,T\,}``