A Study Of The Scatter Of Visible Light From Particulate Mirror Contaminants

David A. Thomas

doi:10.1117/12.934939

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4 October 1983 A Study Of The Scatter Of Visible Light From Particulate Mirror Contaminants

David A. Thomas

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Proceedings Volume 0384, Generation, Measurement and Control of Stray Radiation III; (1983) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.934939
Event: 1983 Los Angeles Technical Symposium, 1983, Los Angeles, United States

Abstract

The results of experiments designed to study the relationship between the visible scatter from mirrors and their particulate contamination are described. Data for both "clean" and deliberately contaminated samples is presented. The results reveal some of the features of surface contaminant scatter and indicate that this scattering mechanism could account for the discrepancies that have been observed between measured scattered light profiles and profiles predicted by theories based on random surface microstructure.

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David A. Thomas "A Study Of The Scatter Of Visible Light From Particulate Mirror Contaminants", Proc. SPIE 0384, Generation, Measurement and Control of Stray Radiation III, (4 October 1983); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.934939

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