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Problem 5.1 (P&W 7.2) : 2 m i (k ·r−ω t) j i (k ·r−ω t) m

This document contains solutions to problems from an optics problem set. It begins by introducing the instructor and TA for the course. For problem 5.1, it derives an expression for the Poynting vector of an electromagnetic waveform expressed as a sum of plane waves. Working through the derivation, it determines that interference occurs between the plane waves. The resulting time-averaged Poynting flux is proportional to the cosine of a term involving the wave vectors. Problems 5.2 through 5.4 are also addressed, drawing from additional chapters in the referenced text.

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Problem 5.1 (P&W 7.2) : 2 m i (k ·r−ω t) j i (k ·r−ω t) m

This document contains solutions to problems from an optics problem set. It begins by introducing the instructor and TA for the course. For problem 5.1, it derives an expression for the Poynting vector of an electromagnetic waveform expressed as a sum of plane waves. Working through the derivation, it determines that interference occurs between the plane waves. The resulting time-averaged Poynting flux is proportional to the cosine of a term involving the wave vectors. Problems 5.2 through 5.4 are also addressed, drawing from additional chapters in the referenced text.

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Optics 2016-2017: Solutions to problem set #5

Instructor: Paul Groot (p.groot@astro.ru.nl)


TA: Thomas Bronzwaer (t.bronzwaer@astro.ru.nl)
If you find any mistakes in these solutions, please e-mail me (Thomas)!

Problem 5.1 (P&W 7.2)


On page 171 of P&W, the authors derive the expression for the Poynting vector of an electromagnetic
waveform expressed as a sum of plane waves. We have been given just such a sum of plane waves, and we
can substitute it directly into Eq. 7.4.
We have already seen (on page 171) that the first term in Eq 7.4 does not produce any interference. The
interference is caused by the second term, which the authors neglect in their example because in their case,
all of the k-vectors are perpendicular. This is no longer true in our case. All of this means that we can focus
our attention entirely on that second term.
Finally, it is important to realize that the electric field we were given is a superposition of two plane
waves. This means that the indices j and m, which appear in Eq. 7.4, both run from 1 to 2. Lets write
down the resulting interference term:
2
X 1 h i h i 
S (r, t)interf erence = < Em ei(km rm t) < Ej ei(kj rj t) km . (1)

j=1,m=1 m 0

Here, < denotes the real part of a complex number. One can see immediately that whenever Ej and km are
not perpendicular, this term doesnt vanish in our case.
Working out the resulting expression for the time-averaged magnitude of the Poynting flux will yield

< Sinterf erence > cos [(kx kz) r]y, (2)

proving that interference does indeed occur.

Problem 5.2 (P&W 7.5)

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Problem 5.3 (P&W 8.2)

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Problem 5.4 (P&W 8.7)

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