Gradual loss of polarization in light scattered from rough surfaces: Electromagnetic prediction

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 15832-15843

  Zerrad, Myriam ^a   Sorrentini, Jacques ^a   Soriano, Gabriel ^a   Amra, Claude ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORIES; MULTISCALES; POLARIZATION DEGREE; ROUGH SURFACES; SPATIAL AVERAGING; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 77954904843     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.015832     Document Type: Article

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