The author presents an overview of evaluation techniques that are appropriate for
characterizing the surface roughness of optical thin films and surfaces. These include …

The author presents a comprehensive review highlighting historical as well as new
developments in the area of random media. Both discrete and continuous media are …

Reflectance and emittance spectroscopy are increasingly important tools in remote sensing
and have been employed in most recent planetary spacecraft missions. They are primarily …

An ideal black material absorbs light perfectly at all angles and over all wavelengths. Here,
we show that low-density vertically aligned carbon nanotube arrays can be engineered to …

Since the advent of quantum mechanics and the clear demonstration of the existence
of'matter waves', physicists have never failed to take advantage of concepts and theoretical …

This book presents a comprehensive tutorial on propagation, diffraction and scattering
problems from the basic principles of physical optics. Beginning with the fundamental …

A theory of scattering by a finite number of cylinders of arbitrary cross section is presented.
This theory is based on a self-consistent approach that identifies incident and scattered …

By the use of Green's second integral theorem we have obtained exact expressions for the
scattered electromagnetic field produced by a p-or s-polarized beam of finite width incident …

Advances during the last two decades in radio electronics, space science and computers
have turned remote sensing technology into one of the most effective tools for global …

The radar properties of Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto are characterized by high
reflectivities dominated by a diffuse component, and a large amount of polarization in the …