Modified Beckmann-Kirchhoff scattering model for rough surfaces with large incident and scattering angles
- 1 July 2007
- journal article
- Published by SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng in Optical Engineering
- Vol. 46 (7), 078002-078002-10
- https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2752180
Abstract
Surface scattering effects are merely diffraction phenomena resulting from random phase variations induced on the reflected wavefront by microtopographic surface features. The Rayleigh-Rice and Beckmann-Kirchhoff theories are commonly used to predict surface scattering behavior. However, the Rayleigh-Rice vector perturbation theory is limited to smooth surfaces, and the classical Beckmann-Kirchhoff theory contains a paraxial assumption that confines its applicability to small incident and scattering angles. The recent development of a linear systems formulation of nonparaxial scalar diffraction phenomena, indicating that diffracted radiance is a fundamental quantity predicted by scalar diffraction theory, has led to a reexamination of the classical Beckmann-Kirchhoff scattering theory. We demonstrate an empirically modified Beckmann-Kirchhoff scattering model that accurately predicts nonintuitive experimental scattering data for rough surfaces at large incident and large scattering angles, yet also agrees with Rayleigh-Rice predictions within their domain of applicability for smooth surfaces.Keywords
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