Electromagnetic wave scattering from conducting self-affine surfaces: An analytic and numerical study

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1101-1111

  Simonsen, Ingve ^a   Vandembroucq, Damien ^b   Roux, Stephane ^a  

^a SAINT GOBAIN RECHERCHE   (France)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; LIGHT POLARIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

SELF-AFFINE SURFACES;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 0002367916     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.18.001101     Document Type: Article

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