Abstract

The scattering of light from metallic random gratings is studied theroretically in the general case in which the wave vector of the incident plane wave does not lie upon the main section of the cylindrical surface. On the basis of present knowledge about the phenomenon of enhanced backscattering, it is possible to predict, without numerical calculations, the existence of a new effect associated with weak localization of light in random surfaces.

© 1993 Optical Society of America

Weak transverse localization of light scattered incoherently from a one-dimensional random metal surface

A. R. McGurn and A. A. Maradudin
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 10(3) 539-545 (1993)

Resonant light scattering from weakly rough random surfaces and imperfect gratings

T. R. Michel
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 11(6) 1874-1885 (1994)

Intensity angular correlations of light multiply scattered from random rough surfaces

M. Nieto-Vesperinas and J. A. Sánchez-Gil
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Comparisons of theory and experiment in light scattering from a randomly rough surface

M. E. Knotts, T. R. Michel, and K. A. O’Donnell
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 10(5) 928-941 (1993)

Enhanced backscattering of light from weakly rough, random metal surfaces

A. A. Maradudin and E. R. Méndez
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