Scattering of electromagnetic waves from two-dimensional randomly rough perfectly conducting surfaces: The full angular intensity distribution

Journal Article · Fri Jan 15 00:00:00 EST 2010 · Physical Review. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVA.81.013806· OSTI ID:21388801

Simonsen, Ingve; Maradudin, Alexei A; Leskova, Tamara A ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), NO-7491 Trondheim (Norway)

By a computer simulation approach we study the scattering of p- or s-polarized light from a two-dimensional, randomly rough, perfectly conducting surface. The pair of coupled inhomogeneous integral equations for two independent tangential components of the magnetic field on the surface are converted into matrix equations by the method of moments, which are then solved by the biconjugate gradient stabilized method. The solutions are used to calculate the mean differential reflection coefficient for given angles of incidence and specified polarizations of the incident and scattered fields. The full angular distribution of the intensity of the scattered light is obtained for strongly randomly rough surfaces by a rigorous computer simulation approach.

• OSTI ID: 21388801
• Journal Information: Physical Review. A, Vol. 81, Issue 1; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.81.013806; (c) 2010 The American Physical Society; ISSN 1050-2947
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
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MAGNETIC FIELDS
MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS
MATRICES
MOMENTS METHOD
POLARIZATION
REFLECTION
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CALCULATION METHODS
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