Complex reflectivity of a corner cube retroreflector

Marija Scholl

doi:10.1117/12.185850

14 September 1994 Complex reflectivity of a corner cube retroreflector

Marija Scholl

Proceedings Volume 2268, Infrared Spaceborne Remote Sensing II; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.185850
Event: SPIE's 1994 International Symposium on Optics, Imaging, and Instrumentation, 1994, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

An analytical expression is derived for the complex reflectivity of a corner cube retroreflector, using the complex reflection coefficients for the s- and p-polarization. It incorporates errors in the cube corners, surface finish, and the coating non-uniformity. This expression shows explicitly that the corner cube retroreflector modifies the electric field of the incident beam, according to the path through the retroreflector (the segment). The corner cube retroreflector conjugates the incident beam only in the case of a plane wave with a constant amplitude incident on a "perfect" corner cube retroreflector of infinite dimensions.

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Marija Scholl "Complex reflectivity of a corner cube retroreflector", Proc. SPIE 2268, Infrared Spaceborne Remote Sensing II, (14 September 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.185850

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