title: Polarization of transmission scattering simulated by using a multiple-facets model.
abstract: A Mueller matrix for scattering by a rough plane surface of a glass hemisphere was simulated by using a micro-facet model. The algorithms are formulated in vector representation in terms of the input and output directions. The single-facet scattering simulation used the results of the Kirchhoff integral for medium rough surfaces with exponential height distribution. Scatterings by two or more facets were also simulated. For a fixed angle between the incident and the detection directions, the transmission scattering and its polarization properties were symmetric when plotted against the off-specular incident angle. The single-facet model generated no depolarization or polarization change. When double-facet scattering was included, polarizations were changed appreciably while depolarization was still very small. Depolarization increased appreciably when scattering by higher orders was included. The simulated results that include all orders of scattering fit excellently to the measured scattering transmittance and its polarization and depolarization.
authors.affiliation: Naval Air Warfare Center, Research Department, China Lake, California 93555, USA.
authors.forename: Soe-Mie F
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Nee
authors.forename: Tsu-Wei
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Nee