A ray-tracing analysis of the absorption of light by smooth and rough metal surfaces

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 101, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Bergstrom D ^a,b   Powell, J ^b,c   Kaplan, A F H ^b  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c Laser Expertise Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL LASERS; NEODYMIUM; RAY TRACING; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

ABSORPTANCE SURFACE ROUGHNESS; COMPLEX ABSORPTANCE; INCIDENT LIGHTS; RANDOM ROUGH METAL SURFACES;

LIGHT ABSORPTION;

EID: 34250671633     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2738417     Document Type: Article

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