title: Optical diagnostics of slightly rough surfaces.
abstract: The relationship between the statistical structure parameters of a rough surface and the associated correlation parameters of a scattered field is used to develop a method for rough-surface diagnostics. The treatment is based on the model of a random phase object with an inhomogeneity phase dispersion sigma(phi0)(2) < 1. The proposed diagnostic methods are applicable to surfaces with a roughness period comparable to the radiation wavelength employed and the surfaces of a thin plane-parallel plate. The sensitivity limit of the methods in measuring the standard deviation of surface-roughness element heights is ~0.003 microm.
authors: O V
authors: OV
authors: Angelsky
authors: P P
authors: PP
authors: Maksimyak