Enhanced Backscattering from Rough Surfaces

Abstract

A bibliography is begun on surface and volume enhanced backscattering. Minor upgrades to the scatterometer have been made and the options for extending the wavelength coverage to the 1-4 micrometers range are being evaluated in detail. Some two-dimensional surfaces (random gratings) have been made and are currently being measured. Some preliminary measurements of the Stokes' parameters as a function of scattering angle have been made for surface 83 at normal incidence and lambda = 633 nm (used by O'Donnell and Mendez. During calibration of the scatterometer a measurement was made of a freshly prepared Magnesium Oxide surface, which is frequently claimed to be a good approximation to a Lambertian scatterer. The results it exhibits the enhanced backscatter peak. The energy in this peak is small and the scattering is quite Lambertian for incident angles <30 deg.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 18, 1988
Accession Number
ADA190995

Entities

People

  • J. C. Dainty

Organizations

  • Imperial College London

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Backscattering
  • Depolarization
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Electromagnetic Scattering
  • Intensity
  • Light Scattering
  • Linear Polarization
  • Magnesium Compounds
  • Measurement
  • Monte Carlo Method
  • Polarization
  • Radiation
  • Scale Models
  • Scattering
  • Scatterometers
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Thin Film Deposition Science.