File:Wave in a conductor.gif
Summary
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English: In a conductor e.m. waves are not only exponentially attenuated (as part of their energy is dissipated to create currents), but since the wave vector is complex, the electric and magnetic fields do not oscillate in phase anymore. |
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| Source | https://twitter.com/j_bertolotti/status/1168556884946759680 |
| Author | Jacopo Bertolotti |
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https://twitter.com/j_bertolotti/status/1030470604418428929 |
Mathematica 11.0 code
\[Omega] = 4 \[Pi];
k = \[Pi] (2 + 1 I);
el = {E^(I (k z - \[Omega] t)), 0, 0};
b = -FullSimplify@Integrate[Evaluate[Curl[el, {x, y, z}]], t];
el[[3]] = z;
b[[3]] = z;
p1 = Table[
Show[
ParametricPlot3D[Re@el, {z, 0, 3}, PlotRange -> {{-1, 1}, {-1, 1}, {-0.3, 3.5}}, PlotStyle -> {Blue, Thick}, ImageSize -> Medium, Boxed -> False, Axes -> False],
ParametricPlot3D[Re@b, {z, 0, 3}, PlotStyle -> {Red, Thick}],
Graphics3D[{Thick, Arrow[{{0, 0, -0.3}, {0, 0, 3}}], Text[Style["\!\(\*OverscriptBox[\(k\), \(\[Rule]\)]\)", Bold, FontSize -> 18], {0, 0, 3.2}], Blue, Text[Style["\!\(\*OverscriptBox[\(E\), \(\[Rule]\)]\)", Bold, FontSize -> 18], {-0.5, 0, 2}], Red, Text[Style["\!\(\*OverscriptBox[\(B\), \(\[Rule]\)]\)", Bold, FontSize -> 18], {0, 1, 0}]}],
ViewPoint -> {-1, -0.5, 1}, ViewVector -> {{-10, -10, 12}, {0, 0, 1.5}}, ViewVertical -> {-3, 0.1, 0}, BoxRatios -> 1],
{t, 0, 2, 0.02}];
ListAnimate[p1]
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