The discussion centers around the concept of evanescent waves, their occurrence related to Maxwell Boundary Conditions, and their applications. Participants express interest in understanding the mathematical derivation of evanescent fields from Maxwell's equations.
Participants express a shared interest in the topic and the challenges associated with understanding evanescent waves, but no consensus or resolution is reached regarding the derivation or applications of these waves.
The discussion highlights the complexity of deriving evanescent fields from Maxwell's equations and the potential difficulties in understanding near field effects. There are references to external resources that may provide additional context.
ksmith1281 said:I am reading some papers that mention evanescent waves. From what I can find, evanescent waves occur because of the Maxwell Boundary Conditions but I don't really see how. Could some please comment on this or just on the general topic. Thanks!