Rigorous theory of light scattering from rough surfaces
- 1 January 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Optics
- Vol. 15 (1) , 43-51
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0150-536x/15/1/005
Abstract
A rigorous theory for the study of scattering from non-periodic rough surfaces is presented. Two numerical applications are envisaged. First, some properties of gratings having a finite number of grooves are investigated. Secondly, rigorous computations of speckle patterns generated by random rough surfaces with finite length are made. A phenomenon of 'short coupling range' is demonstrated. It enables the computation of the field scattered by a rough surface of arbitrary length.Keywords
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