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Is the ${\vec E}$ and ${\vec B}$ fields of an EM wave also perpendicular in the near-field or the intermediate zone?

Is the electric and magnetic fields of an electromagnetic wave perpendicular to each other in the near-field zone or the intermediate zone (when the radiation zone approximation is not valid)?

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