Depolarization and backscatter enhancement in light scattering from random rough surfaces: comparison of full-wave theory with experiment
JOSA A, Vol. 6, Issue 1, pp. 33-43 (1989)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.6.000033
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Abstract
The full-wave approach is used to interpret the recently observed depolarization and enhanced backscattering of light from random rough surfaces fabricated in photoresist with an aluminum overcoating [E. R. Mendez and K. A. O’Donnell, Opt. Commun. 61, 91 (1987); K. A. O’Donnell and E. R. Mendez, J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 4, 1194 (1987)]. A second-order iterative solution based on the rigorous full-wave approach indicates that, contrary to the suggestions made by Mendez and O’Donnell (who performed the experiments and considered numerous other theories), the observed enhanced backscatter is a first-order effect that can be attributed to single scatter rather than to multiple scatter.
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Citation
Ezekiel Bahar and Mary Ann Fitzwater, "Depolarization and backscatter enhancement in light scattering from random rough surfaces: comparison of full-wave theory with experiment," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 6, 33-43 (1989)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/josaa/abstract.cfm?URI=josaa-6-1-33
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