REFLECTION OF A PLANE WAVE AT NORMAL INCIDENCE

Suppose that a plane wave propagating along the +z-direction is incident normally on
the boundary z = 0 between medium 1 (z < 0) characterized by σ1, ε1, μ1, and medium
2 (z > 0) characterized by σ2 , ε2 , μ2 .
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Resultant magnetic field

Plot of resultant electric field
In this case there are two following sub-cases.
Example
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 REFLECTION OF A PLANE WAVE AT OBLIQUE INCIDENCE

In this case

and
There are two cases:-
1. Parallel Polarization and
2. Perpendicular Polarization

Parallel Polarization
In this case the E field lies in the xz-plane, the plane of incidence
In medium 1, incident and reflected fields given by

The transmitted fields exist in medium 2 and are given by

 Reflection
coefficient

Transmission coefficient

PROOF

By solving above equations

Brewster angle: Incident angle for which there is no reflection or

PROOF If Brewster angle Then for

and

after solving these equations

consider the case when the dielectric media are not only lossless but nonmagnetic as well—that is
 Perpendicular Polarization
In this case, the E field is perpendicular to the plane of incidence (the xz-plane) .H field is parallel to
the plane of incidence.

The incident and reflected fields in medium 1 are given by

Transmitted fields in medium 2 are given by

Reflection coefficient

transmission coefficient

PROOF

Since tangential components of E and H be continuous at z = 0 and θi =θr hence

and