A technique for improving depolarization measurements beyond 10 GHz: Tilting the polarization planes
Abstract
It is shown that tilting the polarization planes by 25 deg with respect to the vertical/horizontal in linear polarization systems allows a substantial improvement in the accuracy and measuring range of experimental configurations measuring canting angle and anisotropy of the depolarizing medium. For incoherent detection, the sign of the canting angle is detectable.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- November 1982
- Bibcode:
- 1982STIN...8330854M
- Keywords:
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- Attitude (Inclination);
- Centimeter Waves;
- Depolarization;
- Electromagnetic Measurement;
- Improvement;
- Accuracy;
- Angles (Geometry);
- Anisotropic Media;
- Atmospheric Attenuation;
- European Space Programs;
- Linear Systems;
- Polarization Characteristics;
- Communications and Radar