Surface plasmon polariton mechanism for enhanced backscattering of light from one-dimensional randomly rough metal surfaces

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

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 1995, Pages 2500-2506

  Maradudin, A A ^a   McGurn, A R ^b   Mendez E R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

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EID: 84975664436     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.12.002500     Document Type: Article

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