14.3 Solutions 677
the material’s outer surface. Therefore ∇ ·D = 0 and so also ∇ ·E = 0. Thus
the first term on the right by (6) vanishes. Therefore (5) becomes
∇
2
E = jωμ(J +jωεE) (7)
Assume that the material under consideration obeys Ohm’s law, J = σ
E
E,
where σ
E
is the conductivity. Then (7) becomes
∇
2
E = jωμ(σ
E
+ jωε)E (8)
For simplicity assume that the given material is an excellent conductor, so
that σ
E
>>
|
ωε
|
. In that case, the displacement current term, masked by the
conduction current, can be neglected, yielding
∇
2
E = jωμσ
E
E (9)
Since E = J/σ
E
we can write
∇
2
J = jωμσ
E
J (10)
Suppose the current flows through this material in the z-direction. The cur-
rent density is independent of x and y. In that case (10) simplifies to
∂
2
J
z
∂z
2
= jωμσ
E
J
z
(11)
which has the solution
J
x
= Ae
−(1+j)z/δ
+ Be
(1+j)z/δ
(12)
where A and B are constants, and δ given by
δ =
2
ωμσ
E
(13)
is known as the skin depth. Thus the magnitude of current density decreases
with depth. This effect is of practical importance as it affects resistive losses
accompanying a high-frequency current flow in an electronic circuit.
14.66 The average value of the Poynting vector is
S
=
1
2μ
0
E
m
B
m
=
1
2μ
0
E
m
E
m
c
=
E
2
m
2μ
0
c
=
10
−3
2
2 × 4π × 10
−7
× 3 × 10
8
= 1.327 ×10
−9
W/m
2
= 1.327 ×10
−13.
W/cm
2
.