Reflection of Electromagnetic Waves from a Rough Surface
- 1 November 1965
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 36 (11) , 3609-3612
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1703050
Abstract
It is shown that in the small‐wavelength limit the cross section per unit area for backscattering of electromagnetic waves from a rough reflecting surface is given by dσB/dΩ=½P(ψ), where P(ψ)=the probability that the normal to the surface makes an angle ψ with respect to a reference surface. This formula was previously stated without proof in a paper by Salpeter and Treiman. For the special case of a Gaussian distribution, this result corrects a formula previously derived by Davies, and agrees with the results of Ruffine.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
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