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In strengths of the electric and magnetic fields in an -wave are
always related by the ration
so we get the magnetic field value of
.
The intensity is given by the average of the Poynting vector, which is
given by
which gives the value
.
Finally, since the wave spreads out isotropically, its
intensity is everywhere the same on the surface of a sphere. Thus we
have
which gives .
Dan Cross
2006-10-25