Polarization of reflected 106-μm radiation from sublimed sulfur targets
- 1 October 1983
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Applied Optics
- Vol. 22 (19), 3031-3034
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.22.003031
Abstract
Properties of the state of polarization of the reflected radiation of λ = 10.6 μm for sublimed flowers of sulfur are studied. It is shown that sublimed sulfur follows Lambert's cosine law and depolarizes 73% of incident linearly polarized radiation. The absolute reflectance matrix coefficients for the sulfur are given. Selection of sublimed sulfur as a standard reflectance is discussed.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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