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Relative Directions of the Electric and Magnetic Vectors in Electromagnetic Waves in vacuo

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ARE the electric vector (E) and the magnetic vector (B) in electromagnetic waves in vacuo always mutually perpendicular, or are they not always so?

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JAPOLSKY, N. Relative Directions of the Electric and Magnetic Vectors in Electromagnetic Waves in vacuo. Nature 159, 580 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/159580a0

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