Optical Scattering

About the Second Edition / ix; Preface / xi; Acknowledgments / xiii; Chapter 1. Introduction to Light Scatter / 3; 1.1 The Scattering of Light / 4; 1.2 Scatter from a Smooth Sinusoidal Surface / 5; 1.3 Scatter from Other Surfaces / 12; 1.4 Scatter from Windows and Particulates / 15; 1.5 Bidirectional Scatter Distribution Functions / 19; 1.6 Total Integrated Scatter / 22; 1.7 Summary / 26; Chapter 2. Surface Roughness / 29; 2.1 Profile Characterization / 29; 2.2 The Surface Power Spectral Density and Autocovariance Functions / 44; 2.3 Summary / 57; Chapter 3. Scatter Calculations and Diffraction Theory / 59; 3.1 Overview / 59; 3.2 Kirchhoff Diffraction Theory / 66; 3.3 The Rayleigh Approach / 77; 3.4 Comparison of Vector and Scalar Results / 81; 3.5 Summary / 83; Chapter 4. Calculation of Smooth-Surface Statistics from the BRDF / 85; 4.1 Practical Application of the Rayleigh-Rice Perturbation Theory / 85; 4.2 Roughness Statistics of Isotropic Surfaces / 91; 4.3 Roughness Statistics of One-Dimensional Surfaces / 95; 4.4 Roughness Statistics for the General Case / 103; 4.5 The K-Correlation Surface Power Spectrum Models / 103; 4.6 The TIS Derivation from the Rayleigh-Rice Perturbation Theory / 107; 4.7 Summary / 109; Chapter 5. Polarization of Scattered Light / 111; 5.1 A Review of Polarization Concepts / 112; 5.2 The Polarization Factor Q / 121; 5.3 Scattering Vectors and Matrices / 126; 5.4 Summary / 132; Chapter 6. Scatter Measurements and Instrumentation / 133; 6.1 Scatterometer Components / 133; 6.2 Instrument Signature / 137; 6.3 Aperture Effects on the Measured BSDF / 139.