Polarization Effects in Microwave Diversity Imaging of Perfectly Conducting Cylinders

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1989, Pages 235-244

  Farhat, Nabil H ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS--CYLINDERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

INCIDENT WAVE; MICROWAVE DIVERSITY IMAGING; MUTUALLY SCATTERED FIELD; PERFECTLY CONDUCTING CYLINDERS; PLANE WAVE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES;

EID: 0024610745     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: 15582221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.18711     Document Type: Article

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