Simulation of depolarization effect by a rough surface for spectroscopic ellipsometry.

We employed the integral equation method (IEM) to simulate optical scattering by a randomly rough surface for spectroscopic ellipsometry. An explicit Mueller-matrix expression of the IEM for single scattering by moderately small surface roughness makes it possible to calculate the depolarization effect. The IEM allows a relatively rigorous assessment of the surface-scattering effect in a wide spectral range.

Simulation of the depolarization effect in porous silicon.

We describe a radiative transfer (RT) equation for the simulation of optical scattering effects in a nanostructured semiconductor for spectroscopic ellipsometry (SE). As an example, we chose porous silicon (PS), whose pores are considered to act as light scatterers. We examined the effects of pore radius, slab thickness, and incident angle.