Title :
Optimum antenna polarizations for target discrimination in clutter
Author :
Ioannidis, George A. ; Hammers, David E.
Author_Institution :
Hughes Aircraft, Culver City, CA, USA
fDate :
5/1/1979 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The concept of Stokes vectors and Stokes target operators is used to obtain optimum antenna polarizations for target discrimination in the presence of background clutter. The analysis involves a constrained maximization of the ratio of two bilinear forms, representing the signal-to-interference power ratio.
Keywords :
Radar antennas; Radar clutter; Radar resolution; Antennas and propagation; Clutter; Electromagnetic scattering; Electromagnetic wave polarization; Helium; Radar antennas; Radar scattering; Receiving antennas; Symmetric matrices; Transmitting antennas;
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TAP.1979.1142099
