Hybrid method for investigation of electromagnetic scattering from conducting target above the randomly rough surface

A current based hybrid method (HM) is proposed which combines the method of moment (MOM) with the Kirchhoff approximation (KA) for the analysis of scattering interaction between a two-dimensional (2D) infinitely long conducting target with arbitrary cross section and a one-dimensional (1D) Gaussian rough surface. The electromagnetic scattering region in the HM is split into KA region and MOM region. The electric field integral equation (EFIE) in MOM region (target) is derived, the computational time of the HM depends mainly on the number of unknowns of the target. The bistatic scattering coefficient for the infinitely long cylinder above the rough surface with Gaussian roughness spectrum is calculated, and the numerical results are compared and verified with those obtained by the conventional MOM, which shows the high efficiency of the HM. Finally, the influence of the size, location of the target, the rms height and correlation length of the rough surface on the bistatic scattering coefficient with different polarizations is discussed in detail.     

Unification of the Kirchhoff approximation and the method of moment for optical wave scattering from the lossy dielectric Gaussian random rough surface

The optical wave scattering from one-dimensional （1D） lossy dielectric Gaussian random rough surface is studied. The tapered incident wave is introduced into the classical Kirchhoff approximation （KA）, and the shadowing effect is also taken into account to make the KA results have a high accuracy. The definition of the bistatic scattering coefficient of the modified KA and the method of moment （MOM） are unified. The characteristics of the optical wave scattering from the lossy dielectric Gaussian random rough surface of different parameters are analyzed by implementing MOM.     

Investigation on electromagnetic scattering from rough soil surface of layered medium using the small perturbation method

Electromagnetic scattering from a rough surface of layered medium is investigated, and the formulae of the scattering coefficients for different polarizations are derived using the small perturbation method. A rough surface with exponential correlation function is presented for describing a rough soil surface of layered medium, the formula of its scattering coefficient is derived by considering the spectrum of the rough surface with exponential correlation function; the curves of the bistatic scattering coefficient of HH polarization with variation of the scattering angle are obtained by numerical calculation. The influence of the permittivity of layered medium, the mean layer thickness of intermediate medium, the roughness surface parameters and the frequency of the incident wave on the blstatic scattering coefficient is discussed. Numerical results show that the influence of the permittivity of layered medium, the mean layer thickness of intermediate medium, the rms and the correlation length of the rough surface, and the frequency of the incident wave on the bistatic scattering coefficient is very complex.     

分形分层粗糙面电磁波透射特性的混合算法

运用基于矩量法(method of moment,MoM)结合基尔霍夫近似(Kirchhoff approximation,KA)的混合算法研究一维带限Weierstrass分形分层介质粗糙面的电磁波透射问题.在混合算法中将上层粗糙面和下层粗糙面分别划分到MoM区域和KA区域,数值计算得到透射系数随透射波的散射角的变化,讨论粗糙面分维数、高度起伏均方根、底层介质介电常数、中间层介质介电常数和厚度、入射波频率对透射系数的影响,结果表明上层粗糙面参数对透射系数有显著影响,而下层粗糙面参数对透射系数影响较小.     

大气风场和温度对无线电声波探测系统探测高度影响的数值研究

从声波扰动介质中的电波波动方程出发, 使用时域有限差分(FDTD)方法, 结合声波传播的FDTD 模型, 构建了描述声波和电波相互作用的数值模型, 并运用该模型分析风场和温度对无线电声波探测系统的探测高度的影响. 数值模拟结果表明: 温度与风场剖面的存在改变声波和电波散射回波的传播轨迹; 温度梯度剖面主要影响声波的传播速度, 风场剖面导致作为电波散射体的声波波阵面的偏移, 降低电波散射回波的强度并改变回波路径, 使得接收数据减少, 限制无线电声波探测系统的探测高度; 在强风背景下, 若降低声波散射体高度, 电波散射回波“聚束点”的偏移会有较大的改善, 但同时意味着探测高度的降低. 为了改善风场背景下无线电声波探测系统的探测高度, 可以使用双基地雷达或者增大接收天线面积等方法来实现.     

FDTD Investigation on Electromagnetic Scattering from Two-Layered Rough Surfaces under UPML Absorbing Condition

Electromagnetic scattering from one-dimensional two-layered rough surfaces is investigated by using finite-difference time-domain algorithm （FDTD）. The uniaxial perfectly matched layer （UPML） medium is adopted for truncation of FDTD lattices, in which the finite-difference equations can be used for the total computation domain by properly choosing the uniaxial parameters. The rough surfaces are characterized with Gaussian statistics for the height and the autocorrelation function. The angular distribution of bistatic scattering coefficient from single-layered perfect electric conducting and dielectric rough surface is calculated and it is in good agreement with the numerical result with the conventional method of moments. The influence of the relative permittivity, the incident angle, and the correlative length of two-layered rough surfaces on the bistatic scattering coefficient with different polarizations are presented and discussed in detail.     

Reliable approach for bistatic scattering of three-dimensional targets from underlying rough surface based on parabolic equation

A parabolic equation(PE) based method for analyzing composite scattering under an electromagnetic wave incidence at low grazing angle, which composes of three-dimensional(3-D) electrically large targets and rough surface, is presented and discussed. A superior high-order PE version is used to improve the accuracy at wider paraxial angles, and along with the alternating direction implicit(ADI) differential technique, the computational efficiency is further improved. The formula of bistatic normalized radar cross section is derived by definition and near-far field transformation. Numerical examples are given to show the validity and accuracy of the proposed approach, in which the results are compared with those of Kirchhoff approximation(KA) and moment of method(Mo M). Furthermore, the bistatic scattering properties of composite model in which the 3-D PEC targets on or above the two-dimensional Gaussian rough surfaces under the tapered wave incidence are analyzed.     

三维随机粗糙面上导体目标散射的解析-数值混合算法

提出三维导体目标与导体粗糙面复合散射的解析-数值混合迭代算法,推导出三维目标与粗糙面的耦合积分方程,以及粗糙面散射的Kirchhoff近似(KA)计算式.粗糙面的KA解析计算大大降低了粗糙面求解的复杂度,与目标矩量法的混合迭代保证了计算结果的精度,使得三维体-面目标复合散射计算变得可行.由于体-面两者的高阶耦合作用明显减小,保证了该混合迭代算法的收敛性.与镜像Green函数方法的比较表明该混合算法的有效性,并讨论了粗糙面长度选择对计算结果的影响.结合Monte-Carlo方法,数值分析了理想导体Gauss 关键词： 复合散射 Kirchhoff近似 共轭梯度法 互耦迭代     

粗糙海面及其上方导体目标复合电磁散射的混合算法研究

利用基于电流计算的矩量法结合高频算法基尔霍夫近似的混合算法,分析了一维PM谱粗糙海面及其上方二维无限长任意截面导体目标的双站复合电磁散射特性.混合算法将粗糙面和目标分别划分到KA区域和MOM区域,由于无需数值求解粗糙海面区域的表面极化电流,该算法的运算时间和对计算机内存的需求主要取决于粗糙面上方目标的网格划分情况.数值结果以无限长导体圆柱为例计算了其与一维下垫PM谱粗糙海面的复合双站散射截面,并将计算结果与经典MOM结果进行了比对和验证,结果表明混合方法具有较高的计算效率.最后应用混合方法讨论了不同极化状态、海上不同风速以及目标不同尺寸和位置对复合散射截面的影响. 关键词： 粗糙海面 电磁散射 混合算法 矩量法     

Transmission scatter cross sections across two-dimensional random rough surfaces – full wave solutions and comparison with numerical results

Abstract

In this paper, the full wave expressions for the bistatic transmission scattering cross sections across two-dimensional random rough surfaces are obtained. The full wave analysis accounts for the surface height/slope correlations. Analytical and numerical comparisons of the full wave solutions with the small perturbation and physical optics solutions are made for isotropic random rough surfaces. The full wave results are also compared with the numerical results based on Monte Carlo simulations of one-dimensional random rough surfaces. Detailed consideration is given to illustrating the relationship between these full wave solutions and the original full wave solutions including the impact of accounting for the height/slope correlations in this analysis.     

用FDTD计算各向异性磁化等离子体涂敷二维目标的RCS

采用z变换方法把时域有限差分方法(FDTD)推广应用于二维各向异性色散介质—磁化等离子 体中，该算法同时解决了电磁波在各向异性和频率色散介质中传播的计算问题，给出了各向 异性磁化等离子体中FDTD迭代公式.计算了各向异性磁化等离子体涂敷导体圆柱前后其雷达 散射截面(RCS)的变化情况，分析了等离子体碰撞频率和电子回旋频率对其RCS的影响. 关键词： 时域有限差分方法 各向异性磁化等离子体     

Shadowing function with single reflection from anisotropic Gaussian rough surface. Application to Gaussian, Lorentzian and sea correlations

In this paper, the monostatic (transmitter and receiver are located at the same place) and bistatic (transmitter and receiver are distinct) statistical shadowing functions from an anisotropic two-dimensional randomly rough surface are presented. This parameter is especially important in the case of grazing angles for computing the bistatic scattering coefficient in optical and microwave frequencies. The objective of this paper is to extend the previous work (Bourlier C, Berginc G and Saillard J 2002 Waves Random Media 12 145-74), valid for a one-dimensional surface, to a two-dimensional anistropic surface by considering a joint Gaussian process of surface slopes and heights separating two points of the surface. The monostatic average (statistical shadowing function average over the statistical variables) shadowing function is then performed in polar coordinates with respect to the incidence angle, the azimuthal direction and the surface height two-dimensional autocorrelation function. In addition, for a bistatic configuration, it depends on the incidence angle and azimuthal direction of the receiver. For Gaussian and Lorentzian correlation profiles and practically important power-type spectra such as the Pierson-Moskowitz sea roughness spectrum, the numerical solution, obtained from generating the surface Gaussian elevations (Monte Carlo method), is compared with the uncorrelated and correlated models. The results show that the correlation underestimates the shadow slightly, whereas the uncorrelated results weakly overpredict the shadow and are close to the numerical solution.     

不同土壤类型的粗糙地面与其下方埋藏目标复合电磁散射研究

利用MOM研究了不同土壤类型的一维有耗介质粗糙地面与其下方二维埋藏目标的复合电磁散射问题,在数值计算中,引入了锥形入射波以减少粗糙面模拟中由于人为截断所引起的计算误差.当给定入射波频率、土壤成分及土壤温度和土壤湿度后,可以根据相关模型计算出土壤的相对介电常数.数值结果以二维无限长导体圆柱为例,利用 Monte Carlo方法统计计算了双站复合散射截面随土壤类型、土壤湿度、入射波频率及均方根高度等的变化情况,并做了详细分析及讨论.该研究结果对于探地雷达在民用、军事、工业等多领域的应用具有一定的理论指导价值. 关键词： 粗糙地面 土壤类型 相对介电常数 四成分模型     

一维带限Weierstrass分形分层地面与矩形截面导体柱复合电磁散射FDTD研究

运用时域有限差分方法研究一维带限分形分层粗糙地面与矩形截面导体柱的复合电磁散射,计算复合电磁散射的双站散射系数,得到复合散射系数随散射角的变化,讨论粗糙面高度起伏均方根、分维、中间层介质、下层介质及矩形截面导体柱的参数等对复合散射系数的影响.     

Bistatic scattering and depolarization by randomly rough surfaces: application to the natural rough surfaces in X-band

Abstract

The scattering of waves by random rough surfaces has important applications in the remote sensing of oceans and land. The problem of developing a model for rough surfaces is very difficult since, at best, the scattering coefficient σ⁰ is dependent upon (at least) the radar frequency, geometrical and physical parameters, incident and observation angles, and polarization. The problem of electromagnetic scattering from a randomly rough surface is analysed using the Kirchhoff approximation (stationary phase, scalar approximation), the small-perturbation model and the two-scale models. A first major new consideration in this paper is the polarimetric signature calculations as a function of the transmitter location and receiver location for a bistatic radio-link. We calculate the like- and cross-polarized received power directly using the scattering coefficients, without calculating the Mueller matrix. Next, a study of the regions of validity of the Kirchhoff and small-perturbation rough surface scattering models (in the bistatic case) is presented. Comparisons between the numerical calculations and the models are made for various surface rms heights and correlation lengths both normalized to the incident wavenumber (denoted by σ and L, respectively). By using these two parameters to form a two-dimensional space, the approximate regions of validity are then established. The second major new consideration is the development of a theoretical two-scale model describing bistatic reflectivity as well as the numerical results computed for the bistatic radar cross section from rough surfaces especially from the sea and snow-covered surfaces. The results are used to show the Brewster angle effect on near-grazing angle scattering.     

Bistatic scattering and depolarization by randomly rough surfaces: application to the natural rough surfaces in X-band

The scattering of waves by random rough surfaces has important applications in the remote sensing of oceans and land. The problem of developing a model for rough surfaces is very difficult since, at best, the scattering coefficient σ⁰ is dependent upon (at least) the radar frequency, geometrical and physical parameters, incident and observation angles, and polarization. The problem of electromagnetic scattering from a randomly rough surface is analysed using the Kirchhoff approximation (stationary phase, scalar approximation), the small-perturbation model and the two-scale models. A first major new consideration in this paper is the polarimetric signature calculations as a function of the transmitter location and receiver location for a bistatic radio-link. We calculate the like- and cross-polarized received power directly using the scattering coefficients, without calculating the Mueller matrix. Next, a study of the regions of validity of the Kirchhoff and small-perturbation rough surface scattering models (in the bistatic case) is presented. Comparisons between the numerical calculations and the models are made for various surface rms heights and correlation lengths both normalized to the incident wavenumber (denoted by σ and L, respectively). By using these two parameters to form a two-dimensional space, the approximate regions of validity are then established. The second major new consideration is the development of a theoretical two-scale model describing bistatic reflectivity as well as the numerical results computed for the bistatic radar cross section from rough surfaces especially from the sea and snow-covered surfaces. The results are used to show the Brewster angle effect on near-grazing angle scattering.     

Theoretical study of the Kirchhoff integral from a two-dimensional randomly rough surface with shadowing effect: application to the backscattering coefficient for a perfectly-conducting surface

In this paper, the backscattering coefficient of a two-dimensional randomly rough perfectly-conducting surface is investigated using the Kirchhoff approach with a shadowing function. The rough surface height/slope correlations assumed to be Gaussian are accounted for in this analysis. The scattering coefficient is then formulated in terms of a characteristic function for the integrations over the surface heights, in terms of expected values for the integrations over the surface slopes. Numerical comparisons of Kirchhoff's approach (KA) with the stationary-phase (SP) approximation are made with respect to the choice of the one-dimensional surface height autocorrelation function and the shadowing effect. For an isotropic surface the results show that SP underestimated the incoherent backscattering coefficient compared with KA. Moreover, when the correlation between the slopes and the heights is neglected, the shadowing effect may be ignored.     

分形大地土壤表面与部分埋藏目标复合散射特性

采用土水混合物介电常数的Topp方程模型表示大地土壤的介电特性,应用带限Weierstrass-Mandelbrot分形粗糙面模型和Monte Carlo方法模拟大地土壤表面,运用矩量法研究了带限分形大地土壤表面与部分埋藏矩形截面柱复合模型的电磁散射,得出了复合散射系数的角分布曲线;计算了复合散射系数随带限分形大地土壤表面分维、空间基频、高度起伏均方根、土壤含水率、矩形截面柱几何参数、埋藏深度、倾角、入射波频率等的变化情况,并做了详细分析与讨论;结果表明,土壤表面分维等参数对复合散射系数的影响是非常复杂的,镜像附近的角分布曲线具有明显的分形特征。     

电子双势垒量子隧穿的散射矩阵方法及其数值模拟

采用散射矩阵的方法研究了电子在由两个方势垒组成的双势垒结构中的隧穿特性.将电子在双势垒中的隧穿过程分为相干输运和非相干输运两部分来研究,相干输运导致了隧穿透射系数随中间层厚度变化产生量子振荡,而非相干输运导致了振荡振幅的衰减.双势垒总的透射系数与势垒高度、入射和出射波矢的匹配性有关,数值计算的结果证实了相关结论.