Class 12 Physics simulations · Electromagnetic Waves

Electromagnetic wave

See perpendicular electric and magnetic fields oscillate as a wave travels.

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What to notice

The electric and magnetic fields are in phase and move together through space.

Key relation

c = fλ

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Shorten the wavelength. What happens to the frequency in vacuum?

What you can change

• Wavelength: 0.5 to 4 m
• Relative amplitude: 0.5 to 2 ×

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• Radiation from a dipole antenna
• Displacement current between plates
• Light entering a medium (3D fields)
• Photon energy across the spectrum
• Explore the EM spectrum

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