Power Optimization for Polarimetric Bistatic Random Mechanisms

The aim of this paper is to investigate the optimal polarizations (i.e., emitted and received polarizations for which the received power is maximum or minimum) in the general case of random mechanisms observed by a bistatic full-polarimetric radar. We are particularly interested in the methods leading to analytical solution as far as this is possible. It is the reason why the Kennaugh matrix is taken as the starting point of the optimizations. The optimal polarizations corresponding to the monostatic and bistatic deterministic cases are found again as particular cases.