Answer to Question #87970 in Electricity and Magnetism for Sridhar

Question

What is The electric field E (peak value) in a microwave beam density 100W/m² travelling in free space

Answer 1

The wave intensity is

$$I=c \epsilon_0 E_m^2$$

Thus,

$$E_m=\sqrt{\frac{I}{c \epsilon_0 }}=\sqrt{\frac{100}{3\cdot 10^8 (8.85\cdot 10^{-12} ) }}=194 \frac{V}{m}$$