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On the optimum polarizations of incoherently reflected wavesThe Stokes scattering operator is noted to be the most useful characterization of incoherent scattering in radar imaging; the polarization that would yield an optimum amount of power received from the scatterer is obtained by assuming a knowledge of the Stokes scattering operator instead of the 2x2 scattering matrix with complex elements. It is thereby possible to find the optimum polarizations for the case in which the scatterers can only be fully characterized by their Stokes scattering operator, and the case in which the scatterer can be fully characterized by the complex 2x2 scattering matrix. It is shown that the optimum polarizations reported in the literature form the solution for a subset of a more general class of problems, so that six optimum polarizations can exist for incoherent scattering.
Document ID
19870064910
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Van Zyl, Jakob J.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Elachi, Charles
(California Institute of Technology Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States)
Papas, Charles H.
(California Institute of Technology Pasadena, United States)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
July 1, 1987
Publication Information
Publication: IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
Volume: AP-35
ISSN: 0018-926X
Subject Category
Communications And Radar
Accession Number
87A52184
Distribution Limits
Public
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