AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF THE STATISTICS OF DIFFUSELY REFLECTED COHERENT LIGHT.

Abstract

Diffusely reflected coherent light is experimentally investigated to determine the accuracy of available theoretical models in describing the reflection statistics. Negative-exponential statistics are found to hold if applied separately to each polarization component and if the receiver aperture is sufficiently small to avoid effects of aperture integration. The statistical theory is extended to explain experimentally observed discrepancies resulting from depolarization and aperture integration. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0807407

Entities

People

  • Marion A. Condie

Organizations

  • Stanford University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Data Science
  • Depolarization
  • Information Science
  • Polarity
  • Polarization
  • Reflection
  • Statistics

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Approximation Theory.
  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering