Abstract

The problem of a plane-wave incident obliquely on a layer of absorbent (dissipative) material uniformly coated on a mirror (highly conducting) plane surface is considered. The results of extensive numerical calculations, carried out for a wide range of values of the parameters, are reported. Approximate formulas for the reflection coefficients to supplement these calculations are derived for the case when the “absorption” in the layer is small.

© 1954 Optical Society of America

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