Scattering by anisotropic grains in beryllium mirrors

Eugene L. Church; Peter Z. Takacs; John C. Stover

doi:10.1117/12.22644

1 December 1990 Scattering by anisotropic grains in beryllium mirrors

Eugene L. Church, Peter Z. Takacs, John C. Stover

Proceedings Volume 1331, Stray Radiation in Optical Systems; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.22644
Event: 34th Annual International Technical Symposium on Optical and Optoelectronic Applied Science and Engineering, 1990, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Scattering from mirror surfaces arises from topographic and non-topographic sources. This paper considers the nontopographic scattering of beryllium mirrors modelled as a collection of randomly oriented bireflective grains. Simple scattering theory shows that this type of scattering scales as r2, rather than as 2" for topographic scattering, which means that it is relatively more important at long radiation wavelengths. Estimates of the intensity based an available short-wavelength values of the anisotropic optical constants of beryllium indicate that this type of scattering could dominate the topographic scattering from smooth surfaces at CO2 wavelengths.

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Eugene L. Church, Peter Z. Takacs, and John C. Stover "Scattering by anisotropic grains in beryllium mirrors", Proc. SPIE 1331, Stray Radiation in Optical Systems, (1 December 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.22644

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