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Derivation · draft

Fresnel Equations from Electromagnetic Boundary Conditions

D-201 Home PU-206 Threads light · fields · energy Depends on plane-wave-solutions, maxwell-boundary-conditions, Laws of Reflection and Refraction from Fermat
Statement

Derive the s- and p-polarization amplitude reflection and transmission coefficients, and the reflectance/transmittance energy relations, by matching tangential E and H at a planar interface.

Depends on

plane-wave-solutions, maxwell-boundary-conditions, Laws of Reflection and Refraction from Fermat

Used by

PU-206/L09 PU-206/L11