Reflection of a partially polarized radio wave from a radar target
Abstract
The present study determines the total power and degree of polarization of a wave reflected from a radar target which is irradiated by a partially polarized wave. The relations that are obtained can be used to determine four parameters that are direct characteristics of the target: the total effective scattering area, the degree of anisotropy, and certain mean values of angles on the Poincare sphere.
- Publication:
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Radioehlektronika
- Pub Date:
- September 1981
- Bibcode:
- 1981Radel..24...47K
- Keywords:
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- Polarization Characteristics;
- Radar Echoes;
- Radar Targets;
- Reflected Waves;
- Anisotropic Media;
- Matrices (Mathematics);
- Poincare Spheres;
- Communications and Radar