A laser beam has a wavelength of 633 nm and a power of 0.500 mW spread uniformly over a circle 1.20 mm in diameter.This beam falls perpendicularly on a perfectly reflecting piece of paper having twice the diameter of the laser beam and a mass of 1.50 mg.(c = 3.00 × 10⁸ m/s,μ₀ = 4π × 10^-7 T • m/A, (a)What are the amplitudes of the electric and magnetic fields in this laser beam?
(b)What acceleration does the laser beam give to the paper?

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A laser beam has a wavelength of 633 nm and a power of 0.500 mW spread uniformly over a circle 1.20 mm in diameter.This beam falls perpendicularly on a perfectly reflecting piece of paper having twice the diameter of the laser beam and a mass of 1.50 mg.(c = 3.00 × 10⁸ m/s,μ₀ = 4π × 10^-7 T • m/A,

(a)What are the amplitudes of the electric and magnetic fields in this laser beam?
(b)What acceleration does the laser beam give to the paper?

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The Answer of A laser beam has a wavelength of 633 nm and a power of 0.500 mW spread uniformly over a circle 1.20 mm in diameter.This beam falls perpendicularly on a perfectly reflecting piece of paper having twice the diameter of the laser beam and a mass of 1.50 mg.(c = 3.00 × 10⁸ m/s,μ₀ = 4π × 10^-7 T • m/A, (a)What are the amplitudes of the electric and magnetic fields in this laser beam? (b)What acceleration does the laser beam give to the paper?

A Laser Beam Has a Wavelength of 633 Nm and a Power