Bidirectional reflectometry. Part II. Bibliography on scattering by reflection from surfaces

Abstract

In conn ectio n with th e work On de velo pm e nt of a hi gh reso luti on laser so urce bid irec tional reAectome te r, a la rge nu m be r of pape rs we re co ll ected dealin g with vari ous as pec ts of th e geo me tri cal di stribution of th e rad ia nt e nergy re Aected from s urfaces of differe nt t ypes .Eac h pa per has bee n class ifi ed into one or more classes on th e basis of its techni ca l co nt e nt. Th e re a re eight gene ral c lasses, with seve ral subclasses in so me of th e ge ne ral classes.Becau se of the inte rest in this fi eld, the bi bli ogra ph y is being published as a se rvi ce to t he publi c.Key word s : Bibliogra ph y; e mittance; heat tra nsfe r; meas ure me nt techni q ues; pe ri od ic surfaces; pola ri za tion; ra nd om surfaces ; re Aecta nce; reAec ta nce of co here nt radi a ti on; sca tteri ng; sca tt e ring th eo ry: s urface roughness; tra nsmitt ance.A large numb er (37 1) of papers was collected , dealin g with various as pec ts of th e geo me trical di s tributi on of the radiant e nergy scattered by refl ection from surfaces , an d partic ularly from ro ugh s urfaces. Th ese papers were referred to during the de velopm e nt of a high-resolu tion laser-source bidirectional refl ectomete r.Each paper is classifi ed in the Bibliography into on e or more of thirteen s ubj ect categories on the basis of its technic al conte nt. A key to the symbols used in the bibli ography is gi ve n in ta ble l.In additi on, e ac h paper by number has been classifi ed in a second syste m, con s istin g of eight primary classes, with seve ral subclasses in several of the primary classes, in table 2.The bibliography, while extensive, is by no me an s complete. F ew additi ons hav e been made since about 1972. Howeve r , it is sufficiently exte nsive to be of significant help to work ers in the field, and partic ularly to those just beginning work in th e fi eld.The refe rences from arc hival journals should be available in any good techni cal library. Most of the reports tha t ha ve not bee n published in the archival lite rature a re available from the National T echnical Informati on Servi ce. Mos t of th ese are identified by an AD number, or oth e r id e ntifyin g number by which they can be ord ered .Copies of all papers lis ted are on file in th e Radiome tri c Physics Section of th e National Bureau of Sta ndard s, and may be read at NBS if not otherwi se a vaila ble.