Scattering of light from a rough dielectric film on a reflecting substrate: Diffuse fringes

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

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 185-195

  Lu, Jun Q ^a   Sánchez Gil, José A ^b   Mendez E R ^c   Gu, Zu Han ^d   Maradudin, A A ^e  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE ESTRUCTURA DE LA MATERIA   (Spain)

^c Department of Nanostructures   (Mexico)

^d SURFACE OPTICS CORPORATION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIELECTRIC FILMS; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

ONE DIMENSIONAL; QUETELET FRINGES; RETROREFLECTION; ROUGH FILMS; SELENYI FRINGES;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

EID: 0031700604     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.15.000185     Document Type: Article

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