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Light Scattering by Surface Ripples in a Spatially Dispersive Medium
Author(s) -
Albuquerque E. L.,
Almeida N. S.,
Oliveros M. C.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/pssb.2221290118
Subject(s) - polariton , rayleigh scattering , scattering , physics , polarization (electrochemistry) , light scattering , exciton , photon , condensed matter physics , dispersion (optics) , optics , phonon , surface (topology) , chemistry , geometry , mathematics
A theory is presented of the scattering of light by acoustic surface‐ripple in a medium which shows spatial dispersion for any polarization of the incident light. The exciton‐photon interaction, leading to the exciton‐polariton, is described in a purely phenomenological way, as in the early description of the phonon‐polariton. Some numerical results of the scattering cross section due to surface waves of the Rayleigh type are also presented and their features discussed.