Exploiting early time response using the fractional fourier transform for analyzing transient radar returns

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 3109-3121

  Jang, Seongman ^a   Choi, Wonsuk ^a   Sarkar, Tapan K ^a   Salazar Palma, Magdalena ^b   Kim, Kyungjung ^a   Baum, Carl E ^c  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early time response; Entire functions; Fractional Fourier transforms (FrFT); Poles; Singularity expansion method (SEM)

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EARLY TIME RESPONSE; FRACTIONAL FOURIER TRANSFORM (FRFT); PULSE LIKE COMPONENTS; SINGULARITY EXPANSION METHOD (SEM); TRANSIENT RADAR;

RADAR;

EID: 9744281978     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2004.835165     Document Type: Article

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