High-power lasers in factories are used to cut through cloth and metal (see figure below). One such laser has a beam diameter of 2.00 mm and generates an electric field having an amplitude of 0.750 MV/m at the target. BEDNI Philippe Plailly/SPL/Photo Researchers, Inc. (a) Find the amplitude of the magnetic field produced. 2.5000 mT (b) Find the intensity of the laser. 1166 * MW/m² You can calculate this result using the amplitude of the electric field or the amplitude of the magnetic field. It is safer to use the electric field in case you calculated the magnetic field incorrectly. (c) Find the power delivered by the laser. XW You appear to be calculating this correctly using your incorrect result from part (b).

High-power lasers in factories are used to cut through cloth and metal (see figure below). One such laser has a beam diameter of 2.00 mm and generates an electric field having an amplitude of 0.750 MV/m at the target. BEDNI Philippe Plailly/SPL/Photo Researchers, Inc. (a) Find the amplitude of the magnetic field produced. 2.5000 mT (b) Find the intensity of the laser. 1166 * MW/m² You can calculate this result using the amplitude of the electric field or the amplitude of the magnetic field. It is safer to use the electric field in case you calculated the magnetic field incorrectly. (c) Find the power delivered by the laser. XW You appear to be calculating this correctly using your incorrect result from part (b).

Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics

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Author:Raymond A. Serway, John W. Jewett

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Chapter33: Electromagnetic Waves

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