Angular dependence of the reflectance from an isotropic polydomain medium: The influence of absorption

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

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2557-2563

  Mayerhöfer, Thomas G ^a   Popp, Jürgen ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PERMITTIVITY; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

DEPOLARIZE LINEAR POLARIZED LIGHT; DOMAIN-SIZE-DEPENDENT PROPERTIES; ISOTROPIC POLYDOMAIN MEDIUM;

LIGHT REFLECTION;

EID: 28044463189     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.22.002557     Document Type: Article

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