Physics – Condensed Matter – Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Scientific paper
2000-08-28
Phys. Rev. B 64, 035425 (2001)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Revtex, 9 pages, 9 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.64.035425
We study by numerical simulations the scattering of $s$-polarized light from a rough dielectric film deposited on the planar surface of a semi-infinite perfect conductor. The dielectric film is allowed to be either active or passive, situations that we model by assigning negative and positive values, respectively, to the imaginary part $\epsilon_2$ of the dielectric constant of the film. We study the reflectance ${\cal R}$ and the total scattered energy ${\cal U}$ for the system as functions of both $\epsilon_2$ and the angle of incidence of the light. Furthermore, the positions and widths of the enhanced backscattering and satellite peaks are discussed. It is found that these peaks become narrower and higher when the amplification of the system is increased, and that their widths scale linearly with $\epsilon_2$. The positions of the backscattering peaks are found to be independent of $\epsilon_2$, while we find a weak dependence on this quantity in the positions of the satellite peaks.
Leskova Tamara A.
Maradudin Alexei A.
Simonsen Ingve
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