Radar speckle reduction in synthetic aperture radar processors by a moving diffuser
Abstract
We present some theoretical and experimental results demonstrating the reduction of synthetic aperture radar speckle when a moving diffuser is placed in the processor image plane and is reimaged with a lens whose resolution is not better than the radar resolution. The resolution of the resulting radar image is determined by the resolution of this output lens.
- Publication:
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Optics Communications
- Pub Date:
- February 1977
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 1977OptCo..20..239J
- Keywords:
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- Diffusers;
- Noise Reduction;
- Radar Imagery;
- Radar Resolution;
- Signal Processing;
- Speckle Patterns;
- Apertures;
- Image Enhancement;
- Laser Applications;
- Lens Design;
- Optical Data Processing;
- Synthetic Arrays;
- Communications and Radar