Monostatic radar sensing of partially nonreciprocal mediums backscatter

Abstract

This paper presents the results of theoretical and experimental studies of electromagnetic waves backscattering by partially non-reciprocal media. It is proposed to implement a controlled reflector that allows to simulate the polarization properties of an arbitrary partially non-reciprocal medium.

KEYWORDS:

• Electromagnetic waves backscattering
• polarization properties
• controlled reflector
• partially non-reciprocal media

Acknowledgements

We thank Malyutin N.D., Rovkin M.E. for assistance in discussing the results and Malyutin G.A. in preparing the manuscript.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Additional information

Funding

This work was financially supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, project No. FEWM-2020-0039 dated 01.03.2020 and project No. 075-15-2019-1644 of 11.08.2019, ID RFMEFI62119X0029. The measurements were carried out on the equipment of the Center of collective using of equipment ‘Impulse’.

Notes on contributors

Valeriy A. Khlusov

Valery Khlusov received his Doctor of Science degree in 2004 from Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics, Russia. His areas of research are theory and methods of processing vector signals in polarizing radar systems, polarization effects of radio wave propagation and their practical application, the use of complex signals in ranging problems.

Peter V. Vorob'ov

Peter Vorobyov had a PhD in physics and mathematics, until 2004, he worked as a research associate at the G.I. Budker Institute of nuclear physics, Siberian branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.