Determination of the Parameters of Sea-Surface Roughness Using the Doppler Spectrum of a Microwave Radar Signal Reflected from a Water Surface

Within the framework of the Kirchhoff approximation, we derive formulas describing the shift and width of the Doppler spectrum of a microwave signal reflected from a rough water surface in the case of a small incidence angle. The formulas take into account the effect of the radar beam pattern. The new model of the spectrum allows for the fact that the distance from the radar to the observed surface changes in the course of measurements. Our theoretical analysis shows that the Doppler-spectrum parameters and the amount of information on the scattering surface, which is contained in the reflected signal, are strongly dependent on the antenna beamwidth. The results of our study allowed us to develop a new algorithm for measuring the water-surface parameters from a moving carrier.     

Measurement of the variance of water surface slopes by a radar: Verification of algorithms

A full-scale experiment is carried out to study backscattering of a microwave radar signal by a rough water surface during flight over the Gorky water storage. A centimeter-wavelength Doppler radar with a knife-beam antenna oriented vertically downward was installed on the helicopter. The main goal of the experiment was a functional test of the modified radar system and new retrieval algorithms of the variance of surface slopes of a rough water surface and direction of the wind-wave propagation. The data analysis confirmed that the reflected power and the Doppler spectrum width depend on the direction of the wind-wave propagation. Two new algorithms were used for retrieval of the surface-slope variance. The processing of data showed that these algorithms make it possible to determine the variance of the scattering-surface slopes from a moving carrier without bounds on the flying height (such a capability was absent earlier). The direction of the wind-wave propagation is unambiguously determined by the Doppler spectrum width. __________ Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radiofizika, Vol. 51, No. 5, pp. 399–412, May 2008.     

Spectrum of radar signal reflected from sea surface

The theoretical problem of the spectrum of a microwave radar signal reflected from the sea surface is examined with allowance for the simultaneous contributions of two scattering mechanisms — reflective and Bragg. The characteristics of the scattered-field spectrum are studied as functions of wind velocity, radar-beam angle of incidence, radar velocity, and antenna beam width. The results indicate high sensitivity of the spectrum parameters to changes in the sea-surface state.Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Science. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radiofizika, Vol. 36, No. 1, pp. 3–15, January, 1993.     

Theoretical analysis and test for off-axis Cassegrain optical antenna

By detailed analysis of Cassegrain optical antenna with inclined optical axis, the receiving antenna power and the curve of power attenuation are obtained for different deflection angles. Three-dimensional images which describe the power distribution of the receive laser beam have been obtained. The coupling efficiency of antenna system is obtained from specific experiment. If the deflection angle is less than 0.1519 rad, the coupling efficiency is beyond 80%. In this case, the optical antenna system can be viewed as in alignment approximately. This research will provide a theoretical base and broad application for achieving precise alignment of optical axis in the field of optical communications and three-dimensional laser radar images.     

Design and Simulation of a Wide-Beam High-Power Parabolic Antenna with Dual-Source

For resolving the essential problem that the beam is too narrow in the application of the high-power UWB (Ultra-Wideband) antenna with single-source, a novel wide-beam high-power parabolic antenna with dual-source has been designed, and the edge of the paraboloid was cut in order to reduce the size of the antenna. Radiation properties of this proposed antenna are studied with finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) numerical method. The radiation properties of the proposed antenna can be improved by changing the structure of the parabolic antenna and adjusting the angle between the source and the axis of the antenna. The result shows that the beam-width has been improved significantly under the precondition of maintaining the peak power, and also the size of the antenna was minished by cutting the edge of the paraboloid.     

基于室内可见光通信技术的新型两级光学接收天线设计与分析

针对室内可见光通信系统的应用需求,设计了一种新型两级光学接收天线.根据复合抛物面聚光器光学增益随视场增大而减小的聚光特性,将复合抛物面聚光器截面基准曲线旋转设计得到具有一定旋转角与厚度的透镜壁复合抛物面聚光器.进一步结合透镜壁复合抛物面聚光器和半球透镜的优势设计了一种新型两级光学接收天线,在增益保持的情况下视场角增大了近20~?.在一个5 m×5 m×3 m的空旷房间,通过Trace Pro建立光学天线的分析模型,Matlab软件对室内可见光通信系统进行信道建模.计算结果表明,采用这种新型两级光学接收天线,与直接接收的情况相比,平均接收功率增幅为757.2%,是复合抛物面聚光器的5.62倍;信噪比平均值增幅为28.07%,是复合抛物面聚光器的1.67倍;光学增益为11.49,是复合抛物面聚光器的2.81倍.且光斑半径仅为2.5 mm,较复合抛物面聚光器减小了近37.5%,使得能量集中均匀分布,进一步证实该新型两级光学接收天线适用于室内可见光通信系统.     

高功率激光放大器片腔洁净度实验研究

在氙灯放电泵浦过程中,放大器片腔内材料在高强度氙灯光辐照下,存在显著的热解过程,产生大量的微米级悬浮粒子。在两种实验条件下对粒子数进行了测量:一是放大器氙灯泵浦结束之后悬浮粒子的自然消散过程;二是氙灯泵浦结束之后利用大气流量的超纯氮气冲洗片腔之后的粒子数测量。研究结果表明,正常情况下,氙灯泵浦结束后片腔洁净度达到了10~50万级气溶胶的水平(在粒子直径Φ 0.5 μm的水平上)。利用大气流量的超纯N2气冲洗片腔能够在短时间内显著地提高片腔的洁净度。     

Estimation of sea clutter inherent Doppler spectrum from shipborne S-band radar sea echo

Measurement of shipborne radar sea echo is instrumental in collecting the sea clutter data in open sea areas. However,the ship movement would introduce an extra Doppler component into the spectrum of the sea clutter, so the sea clutter inherent spectrum must be estimated prior to investigating the sea clutter Doppler characteristics from the shipborne radar sea echo. In this paper we show some results about a shipborne sea clutter measurement experiment that was conducted in the South China Sea in a period between 2017 and 2018; abundant clutter data have been collected by using a shipborne S-band clutter measurement radar. To obtain the sea clutter inherent Doppler spectrum from these data, an estimation method, based on the mapping relationship between the shipborne clutter spectrum and the inherent clutter spectrum, is proposed. This method is validated by shipborne clutter data sets under the same measuring conditions except for the ship speed. Using this method, the characteristics of the Doppler spectrum lineshapes in the South China Sea are calculated and analyzed according to different sea states, wave directions, and radar resolutions, which can be instrumental in designing the radar target detection algorithms.     

Causes of Ultrasound Doppler Twinkling Artifact

Ultrasound Doppler twinkling artifact is analyzed. It usually appears as a frequent color alteration in the region of hyperechoic objects. Its noiselike spectrum can also be seen in spectral Doppler mode. Physicians use twinkling artifact as a clinical sign for kidney-stone and soft-tissue calculi detection. The advantageous peculiarity of this study is that the experiments were conducted utilizing raw signals obtained from a custom ultrasonic machine and a specially developed phantom. The phantom contained specimens with known qualities, allowing for reproducible and predictable results. The experiments revealed evidence for two physical causes of twinkling artifact, which were associated with two unique Doppler signals. The research laid the foundation for the new reflected-signal model introduced and used throughout this paper.     

77 GHz车载毫米波中远距雷达天线阵列设计

为了在雷达中实现对中距和长距的探测,首先研究并实现了针对中长距雷达探测需求的天线及其组阵形式,然后通过雷达方程得出天线阵列所需的增益与组阵方式,设计了高增益窄波束和低增益宽波束形式的毫米波雷达天线阵列,最后的仿真和测试结果表明,该中长距雷达天线阵列能够满足77 GHz车载毫米波雷达对中距大角度和长距小角度的视野范围探测需求。     

Analysis of space off-axis and performance of Cassegrain optical antenna system

The research of optical antenna is of greatest importance in the field of modern optical communication. For optical antenna, alignment of optical system is a significant factor, which influences the transmission quality of optical antenna system. Antenna off-axis is one of the important factors influencing the transmission quality of optical antenna system. In this paper, we analyze and numerically simulate how power attenuation ratio and gain of Cassegrain antenna vary with the antenna deflection angle and the distance that the central axis of receiving antenna deviates from z-axis, when space off-axis happens to the system. Finally, the coupling efficiency of Cassegrain antenna is tested experimentally, and the results show that the coupling efficiency of the Cassegrain antenna dramatically reduces in the case of off-axis. These studies provide a theoretical basis for optical antenna system to achieve accurate alignment in optical communication.     

The phase statistics of a multichannel radar interferometer

The analysis in this paper is concerned with the problem of determining the phase statistics of the output of a multichannel coherent radar interferometer. The 2N channels of the radar consist of the outputs from N pairs of antennae. Each antenna receives a random electromagnetic wave field which has circular normal first-order statistics with an arbitrary coherence function. Each antenna in each pair receives a wave at a different time, the time difference Δt between each antenna in each pair being the same for all pairs. The signals received by each pair are independent. The signals from each pair are combined to give G(t, Δt)=Σ_k=1^N S_k(t) S_k*(t+Δt) where, for example, the signals from each antenna in the kth pair are S_k(t) and S_k(t+Δt).

The probability density function of the modulus and phase of G(t, Δt) is worked out. The joint density is shown to be a type of generalized K distribution, and the phase distribution is shown to be a hypergeometric function. The results show that it is possible to measure the phase of the coherence function of an electromagnetic wave field scattered from a randomly moving extended object (such as the ocean surface) using such a multichannel radar. This phase is related to asymmetry of the Doppler power spectrum. Furthermore, if this asymmetry is a result of surface currents on the ocean interacting with the surface waves which cause the electromagnetic scattering, then the surface currents may be measured in some sense.     

星-地下行传输孔径接收闪烁频谱的理论和实验研究

基于孔径接收的对数振幅相关函数,结合星地激光下行链路的实际情况,推导了星地下行孔径接收的闪烁频谱表达式。分析了天线孔径和天顶角对闪烁频谱的影响。通过恒星观测实验,对下行孔径接收的闪烁频谱进行了实际测量。实验结果验证了理论计算。研究表明,下行孔径接收的闪烁频谱分为低频段和高频段两部分。低频谱为常量,高频谱呈指数关系变化,指数下降因子为(-11/3)。随着接收孔径尺度增加或天顶角减小,频谱幅值逐渐减小,但闪烁频谱的形状保持不变。     

复合抛物面聚光器作为可见光通信光学天线的设计研究与性能分析

针对室内可见光通信的特点, 选择复合抛物面聚光器作为可见光通信系统光学天线, 介绍了复合抛物面聚光器的几何结构和光学特性, 利用光学仿真软件 TracePro对复合抛物面聚光器进行了设计、建模与仿真. 通过对不同光源条件下复合抛物面聚光器聚光特性的仿真发现: 在光源为朗伯辐射模型时复合抛物面聚光器的聚光性能更好, 且视场角越小增益越高; 但接收端与光源的相对位置对小视场复合抛物面聚光器的实际增益有明显影响, 在仿真条件下, 视场角为10°的复合抛物面聚光器实际增益为22.88, 比理论值降低了31%. 在此基础上, 在一个5 m×5 m×3 m的房间中对采用复合抛物面聚光器为光学天线的室内可见光通信系统进行了建模, 分别得到了直射链路和非直射链路下房间内各个位置的光功率分布. 仿真结果表明, 采用一个视场角为60°的复合抛物面聚光器为光学天线, 两种链路下平均接收功率分别提高了4.29 dBm和4.77 dBm, 非直射链路比直射链路的平均接收功率提高了11.2%.     

基于不同散射机制特征的海杂波时变多普勒谱模型

海杂波的多普勒谱建模对采用多普勒处理技术的雷达进行有效的海杂波抑制和目标检测具有重要的意义.本文分别考虑Bragg,白冠和破碎波三种散射机制对应的多普勒谱分量的特征,对三种谱分量的频移和展宽进行分离,并引入附加速度频移量,提出了基于不同散射机制特征的雷达海杂波时变多普勒谱模型.该模型假设谱强度为受观测时间区间影响的随机变量,能够同时适用于平均多普勒谱与短时多普勒谱建模.通过分别对黄海海域实测的岸基P,S波段海杂波平均多普勒谱与短时多普勒谱建模测试,结果表明该模型相对传统模型的建模精度更高,尤其体现在短时谱的观测时间较长和平均谱形式较为复杂的情况下,建模误差显著减小.     

电磁脉冲弹对相控阵雷达毁伤能力的仿真研究

在建立电磁脉冲弹和相控阵雷达天线阵面弹目关系数学模型的基础上,对电磁脉冲弹使用过程中涉及到的天线阵面覆盖率等问题进行了研究,分析了弹道偏差等因素对天线阵面毁伤区域的影响,并进行了仿真计算。仿真结果分析表明,弹头引爆高度、落点精度等弹道参数对毁伤覆盖区域均会产生影响。为实现对目标的最佳毁伤效果,应综合考虑弹头引爆高度、弹道倾角、滚转角等参数精度,以及目标处功率密度等要求。     

钻孔雷达全向天线的设计与分析

根据钻孔雷达全向天线的设计要求,为减少天线的结构尺寸增加带宽,设计了一种新型电阻加载全向天线。通过理论分析和数值优化,选择了较优的结构尺寸,得到了较佳方向图和带宽。天线外径为65 mm,使用10 mm厚天线罩封装后外径为85 mm;天线的S11小于-10 dB频带为70~260 MHz,带宽约190 MHz。该天线的带宽超过100 MHz,中心频率处增益大于-3 dB,辐射电场脉冲波形拖尾小于主峰幅度1/5,方向图在H面为全向。基于矢量网络分析仪的天线特性测量结果与数值计算结果基本一致,结果表明设计的天线能够满足钻孔测井雷达系统小尺寸宽带的要求。     

The phase statistics of a multichannel radar interferometer

Abstract

The analysis in this paper is concerned with the problem of determining the phase statistics of the output of a multichannel coherent radar interferometer. The 2N channels of the radar consist of the outputs from N pairs of antennae. Each antenna receives a random electromagnetic wave field which has circular normal first-order statistics with an arbitrary coherence function. Each antenna in each pair receives a wave at a different time, the time difference Δt between each antenna in each pair being the same for all pairs. The signals received by each pair are independent. The signals from each pair are combined to give G(t, Δt)=Σ_k=1 ^N S_k(t) S_k*(t+Δt) where, for example, the signals from each antenna in the kth pair are S_k(t) and S_k(t+Δt).

The probability density function of the modulus and phase of G(t, Δt) is worked out. The joint density is shown to be a type of generalized K distribution, and the phase distribution is shown to be a hypergeometric function. The results show that it is possible to measure the phase of the coherence function of an electromagnetic wave field scattered from a randomly moving extended object (such as the ocean surface) using such a multichannel radar. This phase is related to asymmetry of the Doppler power spectrum. Furthermore, if this asymmetry is a result of surface currents on the ocean interacting with the surface waves which cause the electromagnetic scattering, then the surface currents may be measured in some sense.     

Radar equations in the radio wave backscattering problem

We present a method for finding the relation between the singly scattered signal and the Fourier spectrum of dielectric permittivity fluctuations of a medium with regard to the scattering volume which is controlled by the antenna pattern and is not small. Using this method, we found a radar equation which relates the temporal Fourier spectrum of the scattered signal and the spatio-temporal spectrum of permittivity fluctuations. We also obtained a statistical radar equation to relate the statistically averaged spectral power of the scattered signal and the spectral density of permittivity fluctuations without the conventional assumption that the spatial correlation radius of irregularities is small compared with the Fresnel radius. Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Irkutsk, Russia. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radiofizika, Vol. 43, No. 6, pp. 520–544, June, 2000.     

On the problem of the doppler spectrum of a microwave radar signal backscattered by the sea surface (transition region and bragg component)

We consider the problem of backscattering of a microwave radar signal by a perturbed water surface in the transition region of incidence angles (10°–25°). A theoretical model of the Doppler spectrum for the Bragg component of the reflected field is constructed within the framework of a two-scale model of the surface. Allowance for the large-scale component of waves indicates that the standard formulation of resonance scattering becomes invalid for small incidence angles. Large-scale waves restrict the power increase of the reflected signal prior to violation of the formal conditions for perturbation method applicability. It is shown that the new model is transformed to the known model of Doppler spectrum in the range of medium angles. Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radiofizika, Vol. 40, No. 6, pp. 669–681, June, 1997.