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it is not a characteristic of electromagnetic radiation, it is a special case of electromagnetic radiation
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The [[Classical physics|classical]] [[sinusoidal]] plane wave solution of the [[electromagnetic wave equation]] for the [[Electric field|electric]] and [[Magnetic field|magnetic]] fields is (cgs units)
:<math> \mathbf{E} ( \mathbf{r} , t ) = \mid|\mathbf{E}\mid| \mathrm{Re} \left \{ |\psi\rangle \exp \left [ i \left ( kz-\omega t \right ) \right ] \right \} </math>
 
:<math> \mathbf{B} ( \mathbf{r} , t ) = \hat { \mathbf{z} } \times \mathbf{E} ( \mathbf{r} , t )/c </math>