Effects of Medium Characteristics on Laser RCS of Airplane with E-Wave Polarization. (10th November 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: El-Ocla, Hosam
• Other Names: Hu Jun Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: International journal of antennas and propagation. Volume 2015(2015)
• Publication Date: 2015-11-10
• Subjects: Electronic apparatus and appliances -- Periodicals; Antennas (Electronics) -- Periodicals; Radio wave propagation -- Periodicals; Antennes (Électronique); Ondes radioélectriques -- Propagation; Antennas (Electronics); Electronic apparatus and appliances; Radio wave propagation; Electronic journals; Periodicals; 621.382405
• DOI: 10.1155/2015/515170
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1687-5869

Abstract

Abstract : Plane wave incidence should be postulated to have an authentic target detection. Practically, the plane wave is incapable usually of keeping its power in the far field especially when propagating through an inhomogeneous medium. Consequently, we assume an incident beam wave with a finite width around the target. In this work, we calculate numerically a laser radar cross section (LRCS) of conducting targets having smooth cross sections with inflection points such as airplane in random media. Effects of fluctuations intensity of random media on the LRCS performance are studied in this paper. E-wave polarization (E-wave incidence) is considered while the mean target size is approximately twice the wavelength.