The Mueller Matrix-Stokes Vector Representation Of Surface Scattering

William S. Bickel; June- Yann Hsu; Shu-Chung Chiao; David Abromson; Vince Iafelice

doi:10.1117/12.944291

29 June 1988 The Mueller Matrix-Stokes Vector Representation Of Surface Scattering

William S. Bickel, June- Yann Hsu, Shu-Chung Chiao, David Abromson, Vince Iafelice

Proceedings Volume 0891, Polarization Considerations for Optical Systems; (1988) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.944291
Event: 1988 Los Angeles Symposium: O-E/LASE '88, 1988, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

A highly motivated, systematic and fundamental approach to surface scattering requires that the initial surfaces be fundamental (perfect or ideal) and that the contamination to produce surface scattering be known and controlled. Rough surfaces are considered to be perturbed perfect surfaces that have reached their final condition through some continuum contamination process. This approach permits the classification of surfaces according to the light scattering response to the surface as it is perturbed away from its initial condition. All light scattering data are reported in the context of the Stokes vector and Mueller matrices. Some comparisons to ellipsometry and bi-directional reflection distribution functions (BRDF) are made.

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William S. Bickel, June- Yann Hsu, Shu-Chung Chiao, David Abromson, and Vince Iafelice "The Mueller Matrix-Stokes Vector Representation Of Surface Scattering", Proc. SPIE 0891, Polarization Considerations for Optical Systems, (29 June 1988); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.944291

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