Complete absorption of E-fields by surface

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Homework Statement



An EM wave is incident normally on a surface which absorbs all the electric field. Using maxwell equations, determine B-field on the other side.


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If all the E-field is absorbed, won't ET and Er = 0? Then none of these boundary conditions make any sense.

Boundary Conditions:
Handwritten part (a) listing four boundary conditions for electromagnetic fields across an interface, with a red sketch of wave vectors and a 3D axis diagram showing a wave vector k at angle theta to the surface.