transverse electromagnetic mode
physics
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field theory
- In radiation: The field concept
…of light in the so-called transverse electromagnetic mode—one in which the directions of the electric field, the magnetic field, and the propagation of the wave are mutually perpendicular. They constitute a right-handed coordinate system; i.e., with the thumb and first two fingers of the right hand perpendicular to each other,…
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