Computations of the Mueller matrix elements for scattering from layered structures with rough surfaces, with applications to optical detection

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 2947-2955

  Bahar, Ezekiel ^a   Kubik, Robert D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b MOTOROLA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic modeling; Identification of coating materials; Mueller matrix elements; Rough surfaces; Scattering from layered structures

Indexed keywords

COATED MATERIALS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MEASUREMENTS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

MUELLER MATRIX ELEMENTS; OPTICAL DETECTION;

OPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 0031141380     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.002947     Document Type: Article

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