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30 September 2011 The scattering of light from two-dimensional randomly rough surfaces
T. A. Leskova, P. A. Letnes, A. A. Maradudin, T. Nordam, I. Simonsen
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Proceedings Volume 8172, Optical Complex Systems: OCS11; 817209 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.899304
Event: SPIE Optical Systems Design, 2011, Marseille, France
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We present results, obtained by rigorous computational approaches, for light of p- and s-polarization scattered from two-dimensional, randomly rough, perfectly conducting, lossy metallic, and dielectric surfaces. The perfectly conducting surfaces we study are characterized by an isotropic power spectrum of the surface roughness and by an anisotropic power spectrum. The mean differential reflection coefficient and the full angular distribution of the intensity of the scattered light are calculated for the perfectly conducting and metal surfaces. From the latter calculations it is found that the computational approach used in these calculations conserves energy in the scattering from a perfectly conducting and from a lossless metal surface with an error that is smaller than 0.5%. Finally, we presents results obtained by a numerical, nonperturbative, solution of the reduced Rayleigh equation for the scattering of p- and s-polarized light from two-dimensional randomly rough, metallic and dielectric surfaces. We show that the results for the metallic surface are in good agreement with results for the same metallic surface obtained by the rigorous computational approach.
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T. A. Leskova, P. A. Letnes, A. A. Maradudin, T. Nordam, and I. Simonsen "The scattering of light from two-dimensional randomly rough surfaces", Proc. SPIE 8172, Optical Complex Systems: OCS11, 817209 (30 September 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.899304
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Light scattering
Scattering
Reflection
Dielectrics
Rayleigh scattering
Polarization
Laser scattering
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