Jackson Solutions
Jackson Solutions
Jackson Solutions
7.3 Two plane semi-infinite slabs of the same uniform, isotropic, nonpermeable, lossless
dielectric with index of refraction n are parallel and separated by an air gap (n = 1)
of width d. A plane electromagnetic wave of frequency ω is indicent on the gap from
one of the slabs with angle of indicence i. For linear polarization both parallel to and
perpendicular to the plane of incidence,
a) calculate the ratio of power transmitted into the second slab to the incident power
and the ratio of reflected to incident power;
b) for i greater than the critical angle for total internal reflection, sketch the ratio
of transmitted power to incident power as a function of d measured in units of
wavelength in the gap.
7.6 A plane wave of frequency ω is incident normally from vacuum on a semi-infinite slab
of material with a complex index of refraction n(ω) [n2 (ω) = (ω)/0 ].
a) Show that the ratio of reflected power to incident power is
1 − n(ω) 2
R =
1 + n(ω)
while the ratio of power transmitted into the medium to the incident power is
4<n(ω)
T =
|1 + n(ω)|2
b) Evaluate <[iω(E~ ·D~∗ −B~ ·H~ ∗ )/2] as a function of (x, y, z). Show that this rate
of change of energy per unit volume accounts for the relative transmitted power
T.
c) For a conductor, with n2 = 1 + i(σ/ω0 ), σ real, write out the results of parts
a and b in the limit 0 ω σ. Express your answer in terms of δ as much as
possible. Calculate 12 <(J~∗ · E)
~ and compare with the result of part b. Do both
enter the complex form of Poynting’s theorem?
E = E+ eikx + E− e−ikx
a) Show that the transfer matrix for propagation inside, but across, a layer of index
of refraction nj and thickness tj is
eikj tj 0
Tlayer (nj , tj ) = = I cos(kj tj ) + iσ3 sin(kj tj )
0 e−ikj tj
where kj = nj ω/c, I is the unit matrix, and σk are the Pauli spin matrices of
quantum mechanics. Show that the inverse matrix is T ∗ .
b) Show that the transfer matrix to cross an interface from n1 (x < x0 ) to n2
(x > x0 ) is
1 n+1 −(n − 1) (n + 1) (n − 1)
Tinterface (2, 1) = =I − σ1
2 −(n − 1) n+1 2 2
where n = n1 /n2 .
c) Show that for a complete stack, the incident, reflected, and transmitted waves
are related by
det(T ) t21
Etrans = Einc , Erefl = − Einc
t22 t22
where tij are the elements of T , the product of the forward-going transfer ma-
trices, including from the material filling space on the incident side into the first
layer and from the last layer into the medium filling the space on the transmitted
side.