Elimination of polarized light scattered by surface roughness or bulk heterogeneity

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 26, 2005, Pages 10854-10881

  Amra, Claude ^a   Deumie, Carole ^a   Gilbert, Olivier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT SCATTERING; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTICAL COATINGS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

BULK HETEROGENEITY; MICRO-STRUCTURAL PARAMETERS; POLARIZED SCATTERING;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 29244459984     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.010854     Document Type: Article

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