Bonayog, Ariel B.

BS EcE 5B

Transverse Electromagnetic Wave

An electromagnetic wave whose field vector and electric field vectors are at all points
perpendicular to the direction of propagation. Where the electromagnetic energy is propagated
through space and is guided along transmission lines in the form of a transverse electromagnetic
wave (TEM wave). Furthermore, EM waves are transverse waves because they can be polarized.
It also states that electromagnetic waves characteristics are similar to transverse waves. If
the particles at a medium vibrate at right angles to the direction of the propagation of the energy,
then that wave is called as transverse wave. Such waves are produced on the surface of water, in
musical instruments. If the stretched strings, the energy the energy travels outwards and the
particle of the medium vibrates up and down. Radio, light, and heat waves are examples of
transverse waves.