Toward the detection of bioparticles by radar in the THz region

Author

Brown, E.R. ; Woolard, D.L. ; Samuels, A.C. ; Globus, T. ; Gelmont, B.

Author_Institution

California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA

fYear

2002

fDate

26-26 Sept. 2002

Abstract

A first-pass analysis is carried out of a 421 GHz coherent radar to detect the presence of a bioparticle cloud at a stand-off of 1 km. Compared to the incoherent radar performance under identical field conditions, the coherent system achieves a post-demodulator signal-to-noise ratio roughly 300 times higher and far superior probabilities of detection and false alarm.

Keywords

biosensors; radar signal processing; remote sensing by radar; submillimetre wave detectors; submillimetre wave generation; submillimetre wave measurement; submillimetre wave spectra; 1 km; 421 GHz; THz region bioparticle radar detection; airborne biological particles; bioparticle absorption signatures; bioparticle cloud coherent radar detection; detection probability; detection stand-off distance; differential-absorption radar; false alarm probability; incoherent radar; post-demodulator signal-to-noise ratio; remote sensing; Absorption; Clouds; Demodulation; Electromagnetic measurements; Frequency; Optical transmitters; Radar detection; Signal processing; Signal to noise ratio; Temperature sensors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2002. Conference Digest. Twenty Seventh International Conference on

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7423-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIMW.2002.1076047

Filename

1076047