Light scattering from a rough metal surface: theory and experiment
JOSA B, Vol. 26, Issue 8, pp. 1585-1593 (2009)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.26.001585
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Abstract
There is still great interest in the determination of microtopographic properties of rough metallic surfaces from light scattering measurements. According to Beckmann–Kirchhoff theory a clear relationship is established between the in-plane angular scattered light intensity and the statistical properties of the surface. We discuss one way to invert this relationship, and we introduce a new iterative procedure to retrieve the height autocorrelation function even for a very rough metallic surface (rms surface roughness of the same order of the optical wavelength). The procedure is eventually applied to the experimental data of a known metallic surface for validation.
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OCIS Codes
(120.5820) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Scattering measurements
(240.0240) Optics at surfaces : Optics at surfaces
(290.5880) Scattering : Scattering, rough surfaces
(240.3695) Optics at surfaces : Linear and nonlinear light scattering from surfaces
ToC Category:
Optics at Surfaces
History
Original Manuscript: March 3, 2009
Manuscript Accepted: April 27, 2009
Published: July 15, 2009
Citation
Roberto Li Voti, Grigore L. Leahu, Simone Gaetani, Concita Sibilia, Vittorio Violante, Emanuele Castagna, and Mario Bertolotti, "Light scattering from a rough metal surface: theory and experiment," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 26, 1585-1593 (2009)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/josab/abstract.cfm?URI=josab-26-8-1585
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