Determination of the normalized surface height autocorrelation function of a two-dimensional randomly rough dielectric surface by the inversion of light scattering data in p-polarization

J. B. Kryvi; I. Simonsen; A. A. Maradudin

doi:10.1117/12.2236236

26 September 2016 Determination of the normalized surface height autocorrelation function of a two-dimensional randomly rough dielectric surface by the inversion of light scattering data in p-polarization

J. B. Kryvi, I. Simonsen, A. A. Maradudin

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Proceedings Volume 9961, Reflection, Scattering, and Diffraction from Surfaces V; 99610F (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2236236
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2016, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The contribution to the mean differential reflection coefficient from the in-plane, co-polarized scattering of p- polarized light from a two-dimensional randomly rough dielectric surface is used to invert scattering data to obtain the normalized surface height autocorrelation function of the surface. Within phase perturbation theory this contribution to the mean differential reflection coefficient possesses singularities (poles) when the polar scattering angle θs equals ±θ_B= ± tan^-1√E, where E is the dielectric constant of the dielectric medium and θ_B is the Brewster angle. Nevertheless, we show in this paper that if the mean differential reflection coefficient is measured only in the angular range |θ_s| < θ_B, these data can be inverted to yield accurate results for the normalized surface height correlation function for weakly rough surfaces. Several parameterized forms of this correlation function, and the minimization of a cost function with respect to the parameters defining these representations, are used in the inversion scheme. This approach also yields the rms height of the surface roughness, and the dielectric constant of the scattering medium if it is not known in advance. The input data used in this minimization procedure consist of computer simulation results for surfaces defined by exponential and Gaussian surface height correlation functions, without and with the addition of multiplicative noise. The proposed inversion scheme is computationally efficient.

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J. B. Kryvi, I. Simonsen, and A. A. Maradudin "Determination of the normalized surface height autocorrelation function of a two-dimensional randomly rough dielectric surface by the inversion of light scattering data in p-polarization", Proc. SPIE 9961, Reflection, Scattering, and Diffraction from Surfaces V, 99610F (26 September 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2236236

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