JEE Main & Advanced Physics EM Waves JEE PYQ-Electro Magnetic Waves

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    An EM wave from air enters a medium. The electric fields are \[{{\overset{\to }{\mathop{\text{E}}}\,}_{1}}={{E}_{01}}\,\,\widehat{x}\cos \left[ 2\pi v\left( \frac{z}{c}-t \right) \right]\] in air and \[{{\overset{\to }{\mathop{\text{E}}}\,}_{2}}={{E}_{02}}\,\,\widehat{x}\cos [k(2z-ct)]\] in medium, where the wave number \[k\] and frequency \[v\] refer to their values in air. The medium is non-magnetic. If \[{{\in }_{{{r}_{1}}}}\] and \[{{\in }_{{{r}_{2}}}}\]refer to relative permittivity’s of air and medium respectively, which of the following options is correct? [JEE Main Online 08-04-2018]

    A) \[\frac{{{\in }_{{{r}_{1}}}}}{{{\in }_{{{r}_{2}}}}}=\frac{1}{4}\]

    B) \[\frac{{{\in }_{{{r}_{1}}}}}{{{\in }_{{{r}_{2}}}}}=\frac{1}{2}\]

    C) \[\frac{{{\in }_{{{r}_{1}}}}}{{{\in }_{{{r}_{2}}}}}=4\]

    D) \[\frac{{{\in }_{{{r}_{1}}}}}{{{\in }_{{{r}_{2}}}}}=2\]

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    [a] \[\overrightarrow{\text{E}}={{E}_{01}}\cos \left( 2\pi v\left( \frac{z}{c}-t \right) \right)\widehat{x}\,\,in\,\,air\]
    \[k=\frac{2\pi v}{c}\]                 \[\text{speed=c}\]
    \[{{\overrightarrow{\text{E}}}_{2}}={{E}_{02}}\cos (k(2z-ct))\widehat{x}\]
    \[{{\overrightarrow{\text{E}}}_{2}}={{E}_{02}}\cos \left( \frac{2\pi v}{c}(2z-ct) \right)\widehat{x}\]
                            \[\text{speed=}\frac{\text{c}}{\text{2}}\]
                            \[\text{c}\propto \frac{1}{\sqrt{{{\varepsilon }_{0}}{{\varepsilon }_{{{r}_{1}}}}}}\]
                            \[\frac{c}{2}\propto \frac{1}{\sqrt{{{\varepsilon }_{0}}{{\varepsilon }_{{{r}_{1}}}}}}\]
                            \[2=\sqrt{\frac{{{\varepsilon }_{{{r}_{2}}}}}{{{\varepsilon }_{{{r}_{1}}}}}}\Rightarrow \frac{{{\varepsilon }_{{{r}_{2}}}}}{{{\varepsilon }_{{{r}_{1}}}}}=4\]
                            \[\frac{{{\varepsilon }_{{{r}_{1}}}}}{{{\varepsilon }_{{{r}_{2}}}}}=\frac{1}{4}\]


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