Introduction to Electrodynamics · Problem 9.22

Potentials and Fields — David J. Griffiths

Physics · reflection-coefficient-conductor

Problem

Calculate the reflection coefficient for light at an air-to-silver interface (

\mu_1 = \mu_2 = \mu_0

\epsilon_1 = \epsilon_0

\sigma = 6 \times 10^7 (\Omega \cdot \text{m})^{-1}

), at optical frequencies (

\omega = 4 \times 10^{15}

/s).