Light scattering from a cylinder near a plane interface: Theory and comparison with experimental data

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

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 70-78

  Ngo, Dat ^c  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SCBRD RTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LIGHT INTERFERENCE; MATRIX ALGEBRA; REFRACTIVE INDEX; VECTORS;

CYLINDER INTERFACE; MUELLER MATRIX ELEMENTS; PLANE INTERFACE;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

EID: 0030784016     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.14.000070     Document Type: Article

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