Microwave backscatter from a capped dielectric lens
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Authors
Ambrose, John Edward
Segelhorst, Herbert Edwin
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1966-03
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Monterey, California. U.S. Naval Postgraduate School
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en_US
Abstract
A specific application of a spherical dielectric lens provides
the impetus for the development of a simple analytical method of predicting
microwave backscatter from such a lens. The principles of
geometric optics and stationary phase are presented as detailed in
current literature. Geometric optics or ray tracing is then utilized
in developing a unique method of determining the backscattered E field
by the use of a computer program constructed for the CDC 1604 computer.
Several models are constructed and tested in an anechoic chamber and
on an outdoor radar backscatter range. The results of these tests are
then compared to those of the computer program. The correlation of
the predicted and measured E fields indicates the computer program to
be a useful tool in the construction of a dielectric lens.
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Electrical Engineering
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