3.II.17G
Part IB, 2006
Write down Maxwell's equations in vacuo and show that they admit plane wave solutions in which
where and are constant vectors. Find the corresponding magnetic field and the relationship between and .
Write down the relations giving the discontinuities (if any) in the normal and tangential components of and across a surface which carries surface charge density and surface current density .
Suppose that a perfect conductor occupies the region , and that a plane wave with is incident from the vacuum region . Show that the boundary conditions at can be satisfied if a suitable reflected wave is present, and find the induced surface charge and surface current densities.