DocumentCode
1017293
Title
Optimum antenna polarizations for target discrimination in clutter
Author
Ioannidis, George A. ; Hammers, David E.
Author_Institution
Hughes Aircraft, Culver City, CA, USA
Volume
27
Issue
3
fYear
1979
fDate
5/1/1979 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
357
Lastpage
363
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;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-926X
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TAP.1979.1142099
Filename
1142099
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