Anomalous Refraction Maxima in the Bidirectional Transmittances of Roughened Dielectric Surfaces
Abstract
Bidirectional distribution measurements were made of the plane- polarized radiant flux transmitted through roughened glass samples having various surface roughnesses. These monochromatic measurements were made in the plane of incidence as a function of the irradiance zenith angle. For an irradiance angle of 0 deg, it is found that as the surface roughness-to- wavelength ratio increases the relative binormal transmittance of the glass decreases and the bidirectional transmission distributions become more diffusing but do not approach a Lambertian distribution. For off-normal irradiance angles and surface roughness-to-wavelength ratios significantly greater than unity, the maxima in the bidirectional transmission distributions of the roughened glass samples occur at zenith transmission angles smaller than those prescribed by the macroscopic application of Snell's refraction equation to a transmitting surface system. These transmission extrema have been termed anomalous refraction maxima and their angular displacement from the Snell direction is found to increase with increasing surface roughness and zenith incidence angle.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 1971
- Accession Number
- AD0733327
Entities
People
- A. Matthew Smith
Organizations
- Arnold Engineering Development Complex