Multiple scattering on coral skeletons enhances light absorption by symbiotic algae

S Enríquez, ER Méndez… - Limnology and …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
The success of symbiotic reef‐building corals is largely determined by the efficiency with
which they collect solar energy. Using thin coral laminae from the Caribbean scleractinian …

Photofabrication of random achromatic optical diffusers for uniform illumination

ER Méndez, EE García-Guerrero, HM Escamilla… - Applied …, 2001 - opg.optica.org
We propose a method of designing two-dimensional random surfaces that scatter light
uniformly within a specified range of angles and produce no scattering outside that range …

Electromagnetic mechanism in surface-enhanced Raman scattering from Gaussian-correlated randomly rough metal substrates

JA Sánchez-Gil, JV García-Ramos, ER Méndez - Optics Express, 2002 - opg.optica.org
We investigate the electromagnetic mechanism in surface-enhanced Raman scattering
(SERS) from randomly rough metal surfaces with Gaussian statistics and Gaussian …

Scattering of surface-plasmon polaritons by dipoles near a surface: optical near-field localization

M **ao, A Zayats, J Siqueiros - Physical Review B, 1997 - APS
Electromagnetic radiation of electric dipoles, which are placed near a metallic surface and
excited by the ongoing surface polaritons, is investigated. The dipoles are used to represent …

[KNYGA][B] Designer surfaces

AA Maradudin, ER Méndez, TA Leskova - 2011 - books.google.com
Designer Surfaces presents an approach to the design and fabrication of optical elements
that are based on the use of one-or two-dimensional randomly rough surfaces to reflect or …

Scattering by rough surfaces in a conical configuration: experimental Mueller matrix

R Espinosa-Luna - Optics letters, 2002 - opg.optica.org
A simple method for measuring the Mueller matrix associated with rough surfaces in a
conical configuration is presented. I present result of experimental measurements of the …

Multiple scattering of light from randomly rough surfaces

AV Shchegrov, AA Maradudin, ER Méndez - Progress in Optics, 2004 - books.google.com
One of the first concepts studied in any course in optics or electromagnetic theory is the
reflection and transmission of light on a planar interface between two different materials. The …

Scattering by one-dimensional random rough metallic surfaces in a conical configuration

RE Luna, ER Méndez - Optics letters, 1995 - opg.optica.org
We present experimental results on the angular distribution of the light scattered by a one-
dimensional gold-coated randomly rough surface in a conical configuration. The term …

Coherent scattering by one-dimensional randomly rough metallic surfaces

EI Chaikina, AG Navarrete, ER Méndez, A Martínez… - Applied …, 1998 - opg.optica.org
A critical evaluation of various theoretical techniques for calculating the reflectivity of one-
dimensional metallic randomly rough surfaces is presented. We proceed by comparing …

Mueller matrix determination for one-dimensional rough surfaces with a reduced number of measurements

G Atondo-Rubio, R Espinosa-Luna… - Optics …, 2005 - Elsevier
We apply the direct method of Mueller Matrix Ellipsometry (MME) to measure the Mueller
matrix associated to a one-dimensional (1-D) rough surface. We show that for a 1-D surface …