Abstract
The diffuse scattering of p-polarized light from a one-dimensional, randomly rough dielectric film deposited on a planar, perfectly conducting surface is studied by means of small-amplitude perturbation theory. The dielectric constant εd and the thickness d of the dielectric film are chosen in such a way that in the absence of roughness the scattering system supports N (≥ 2) guided modes whose wavenumbers are q 1 (ω), …, q N(ω) at the frequency ω of the light incident at an angle θo. We investigate the occurrence of satellite peaks, in addition to the enhanced back-scattering peak, in the angular distribution of the intensity of the diffusely scattered light, at angles θs(n, m) given by sin θs(n, m)= − sin θ0± (c/ω) [Qn(ω) − qm(ω)] for n, m=1, …, N(n ≠ m). These satellite peaks are multiple-scattering effects due to degenerate timereversal symmetry.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 435-452 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | Journal of Modern Optics |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| State | Published - Mar 1996 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported in part by Army Research Office Grant No. DAAL03-92-G-0239. It was also supported by the University of California, Irvine, through an allocation of computer time. J. A. SLnchez-Gil acknowledges a post-doctoral research fellowship from the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas.