Light Scattering from Microstructures : Lectures of the Summer School of Laredo University of Cantabria Held at Laredo Spain Sept. 11–13 1998 With a tutorial approach this book covers the most impor tant aspects of the scattering of electromagnetic radiation from structures (isolated or on a substrate) whose size is comparable to the incident wavelength. Special emphasis is placed on the electromagnetic problem of microstructures lo cated close to an interface by reviewing the most important numerical methods for calculating the scattered field. The polarization propagation and the statistics of scattered in tensity in microstructured targets are also presented from a didactic point of view. The final part of the book is dedi cated to the most significant applications in both basic and applied research: surface enhanced Raman scattering monito ring and detection of surface contamination by particles optical communications particle sizing and others