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Nature of EM Waves & Wave Equation

An electromagnetic wave in vacuum has the electric and magnetic field E⃗\vec{E}and B⃗\vec{B}, which are always perpendicular to each other. The direction of polarization is given by X⃗\vec{X} and that of wave propagation byk⃗\vec{k}. Then

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Answer: (b)

  1. The polarization direction is defined as the direction of the electric field, so X⃗∥E⃗\vec{X}\parallel\vec{E}.
  2. The wave travels along the Poynting vector, so k⃗∥E⃗×B⃗\vec{k}\parallel\vec{E}\times\vec{B}.
  3. So the answer is (b).
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