Observation of giant enhanced backscattering of light from weakly rough dielectric films on reflecting metal substrates

Optical Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 370-375

  Gu, Zu Han ^a   Josse, Michel ^b   Ciftan, Mikael ^c  

^a SURFACE OPTICS CORPORATION   (United States)

^b CEA CESTA   (France)

^c U S ARMY RESEARCH OFFICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Enhanced backscatterrig; Lidar and remote sensing; Localization; Opposition effect; Physical optics; Thin films; Wave scattering

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001532604     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.600906     Document Type: Article

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