Ramp response signatures for dielectric targets

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3392, Issue , 1998, Pages 703-713

  Nag, Soumya ^b   Peters Jr , Leon ^a  

^a The Ohio State University   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Buried dielectric targets; Internal scattering mechanisms; Ramp response

Indexed keywords

BOMBS (ORDNANCE); DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; IMPULSE RESPONSE; MINES; POLLUTION; REMEDIATION; SCATTERING; TARGETS;

BURIED DIELECTRIC TARGETS; CRITICAL ANGLES; CROSS-SECTIONAL AREAS; DIELECTRIC SCATTERERS; DIELECTRIC SPHERES; DRIVING FUNCTIONS; EIGEN FUNCTIONS; END FIRES; FREE SPACES; FREQUENCY BANDWIDTHS; FUNCTION OF TIME; GEOMETRICAL SHAPES; IMPULSE RESPONSE SPECTRUMS; INTERNAL SCATTERING MECHANISMS; LAND MINES; LOW FREQUENCIES; MEASURED DATUM; METALLIC TARGETS; RAMP RESPONSE; SCATTERED FIELDS; SPECULAR SCATTERINGS; TARGET IDENTIFICATIONS; TARGET SIZES; TIME COMPONENTS; TIME RESPONSE;

FREQUENCY RESPONSE;

EID: 0005545181     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.324243     Document Type: Conference Paper

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