Slope distribution of a rough surface measured by transmission scattering and polarization

S M Nee1, R V Dewees, T W Nee

  • 1Physics Branch, Research Department, Weapons Division, Naval Air Warfare Center, China Lake, California 93555-6001, USA. neesf@navair.navy.mil

Applied Optics
|March 18, 2008
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