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Light Scattering from Microstructures

Lectures of the Summer School of Laredo, University of Cantabria, Held at Laredo, Spain, Sept.11-13, 1998

  • Up-to-date survey of microstructures, a field of great technological importance
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics (LNP, volume 534)

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Table of contents (16 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XII
  2. Light scattering by submicron spherical particles on semiconductor surfaces

    1. Introduction to Light Scattering from Microstructures

      • F. González, F. Moreno
      Pages 1-19
  3. Theory

    1. Mathematical Methods for Data Inversion

      • E.R. Pike, G. Hester, B. McNally, G.D. de Villiers
      Pages 41-61
    2. Mueller Matrices

      • J. J. Gil
      Pages 63-78
  4. Scattering by Particles on Substrates. Numerical Methods

  5. Scattering of Polarized Light

    1. Properties of a Polarized Light-Beam Multiply Scattered by a Rayleigh Medium

      • K. I. Hopcraft, P. C. Y. Chang, J. G. Walker, E. Jakeman
      Pages 135-158
    2. Polarization and Depolarization of Light

      • M.I. Mishchenko, L.D. Travis
      Pages 159-175
  6. Statistics of the Scattered Light

    1. Intensity Statistics of the Light Scattered by Particles on Surfaces

      • E. M. Ortiz, F. González, F. Moreno
      Pages 191-211
  7. Applications

    1. Microstructures in Rough Metal Surfaces: Electromagnetic Mechanism in Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

      • J. A. Sánchez-Gil, J. V. García-Ramos, E. R. Méndez
      Pages 215-235
    2. From Scattering to Waveguiding: Photonic Crystal Fibres

      • J. C. Knight, T. A. Birks, R. F. Cregan, J. Broeng, P. St. J. Russell
      Pages 253-267
    3. The Angular Distribution of Light Emitted by Sonoluminescent Bubbles

      • A. Madrazo, M. Nieto-Vesperinas, N. García
      Pages 269-284
    4. Light Scattering by Regular Particles on Flat Substrates

      • J.M. Saiz, J.L. de la Peña, P.J. Valle, F. González, F. Moreno
      Pages 285-300

About this book

The classical phenomenon of light scattering is one of the most studied t- ics in light-matter interaction and, even today, involves some controversial issues. A present focus of interest for many researchers is the possibility of obtaining information about microstructures, for example surface roughness, and the size, shape and optical properties of particles by means of a n- invasive technique such as the illumination of these objects with light. One of their main tasks is to extract the relevant information from a detailed study of the scattered radiation. This includes: measurement of the light intensity in di erent directions, analysis of its polarization, determination of its stat- tics,etc. Contributionstoresolvingthisproblemareimportantnotonlyfrom the point of view of increasing basic knowledge but also in their applications to several elds of industry and technology. Consider, for example, the pos- bility of distinguishing between di erent types of atmospheric contaminants, biological contaminants in our blood, the detection of microdefects in the manufacturing of semiconductors, magnetic discs and optical components, or the development of biological sensors. During the period September 11-13, 1998, we brought together a group of international experts on light scattering at the Summer School of Laredo at the University of Cantabria. In a series of one-hour lectures, they discussed currentaspectsoflightscatteringfrommicrostructureswithspecialemphasis on recent applications. The present book condenses those lectures into ve parts.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Departamento de Fisica Aplicada, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain

    Fernando Moreno, Francisco González

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Light Scattering from Microstructures

  • Book Subtitle: Lectures of the Summer School of Laredo, University of Cantabria, Held at Laredo, Spain, Sept.11-13, 1998

  • Editors: Fernando Moreno, Francisco González

  • Series Title: Lecture Notes in Physics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-46614-2

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2000

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-14274-5Published: 20 November 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-46614-7Published: 11 January 2008

  • Series ISSN: 0075-8450

  • Series E-ISSN: 1616-6361

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 300

  • Number of Illustrations: 121 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Nanotechnology, Solid State Physics, Spectroscopy and Microscopy, Physics, general

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eBook USD 84.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
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Softcover Book USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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