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Rough or Structured Surfaces

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Theory of Reflection

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We have seen in Chap. 1 that a planar surface, or arbitrary stratification, will give specular reflection of an incident plane wave. No real surface is perfectly planar, and thus in practice there is a diffuse or scattered component, as well as a specular component of the radiation.

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Lekner, J. (2016). Rough or Structured Surfaces. In: Theory of Reflection. Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics, vol 87. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23627-8_14

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