POLARIZED-LIGHT SCATTERING IN DIELECTRIC LAYERS WITH ROUGH INTERFACES

Authors
DOGARIU M ASAKURA T
Citation
M. Dogariu et T. Asakura, POLARIZED-LIGHT SCATTERING IN DIELECTRIC LAYERS WITH ROUGH INTERFACES, Optics communications, 131(1-3), 1996, pp. 1-7
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
00304018
Volume
131
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1 - 7
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-4018(1996)131:1-3<1:PSIDLW>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
'The polarization behavior of light backscattered from layers with ran dom rough interfaces is investigated in a narrow beam geometry. A simp le explanation is given for the appearance of four-fold symmetrical po larization patterns in the geometric-optics limit. Multiple scattering sequences are found to be the origin of the observed polarization beh avior. Numerical ray-tracing experiments correctly predict the polariz ation patterns.