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卷 61, 编号 2 (2018)

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Determining the Position and Properties of the Region of Artificial Ionospheric Irregularities Above the Sura Facility Responsible for Generation of Aspect Scattering Signals on a Short Path

Pogorelko N., Sergeev E., Grach S., Yashnov V., Shindin A., Zykov E.

摘要

The data obtained in the experiments on aspect scattering on a short path of Kazan—Vasilsursk—Kazan performed at the Sura facility in 2010 at frequencies of 2–7 MHz are compared with the results of ray-tracing calculations of the sounding and scattered signals. Positions and sizes of the region above Sura responsible for generation of the aspect scattering signals are determined. Characteristic scales of artificial decameter scattering irregularities and their dynamic properties as functions of the generation altitude and the time of the day are found.

Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics. 2018;61(2):83-97
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Empirical Model of Radar Scattering in the 3-cm Wavelength Range on the Sea at Wide Incidence Angles

Malinovsky V., Korinenko A., Kudryavtsev V.

摘要

We present the results of radar investigation of scattering of electromagnetic radiation in the 3-cm wavelength range by the sea surface in the case of horizontal polarization of the transmitted and received signals and wide incidence angles. Full-scale measurements were performed on the Oceanographic Stationary Platform in the Black Sea in the range of incidence angles from 84.0° to 87.5° at wind velocities from 4 to 19 m/s. Only the conditions of wind waves with no swelling were considered. It is shown that the specific scattering cross section is almost invariant, when the incidence angle varies, but has a strong wind dependence. It can be described by the power function with the exponents 2.8 and 3.8 at the upwind and downwind probing directions, respectively. At weak and moderate winds, the azimuthal dependence of the specific scattering cross section is characterized by the unimodal function with one maximum in the upwind direction and a minimum in the downwind direction. At wind velocities exceeding 10 m/s, the azimuthal dependence of the scattering cross section becomes bimodal and has a minimum at the azimuth being close to the direction perpendicular to the wind (crosswind). The measured values of the specific scattering cross section are approximated by a finite Fourier series with respect to the azimuth, in which the expansion coefficients depend on the wind velocity and inclination angle.

Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics. 2018;61(2):98-108
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Source Detection and Bearing Estimation Using Sparse Antenna Arrays

Turchin V., Rodionov A.

摘要

The capabilities of unequally spaced sparse linear antenna arrays for solving the source detection and parameter estimation problems are studied. A novel detection and estimation probability (DEP) characteristic for a qualitative description of the capabilities of a sparse antenna array is proposed and a technique for its computation is given. The problem of finding the maximum length of a sparse array with a fixed number N of elements, for which the acceptable characteristics of the signal source detection are preserved, is considered. It is shown that the DEP with a slight increase in the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) remains the same as for the standard N-element antenna array with a half wavelength spacing, but the accuracy of bearing estimation increases proportionally to the size of the array. For example, the DEP is retained when the array length is increased more than one hundred times and the SNR is increased by 1–2 dB.

Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics. 2018;61(2):109-126
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Quasioptical Three-Mirror Echelette Traveling-Wave Resonator with Frequency Tuning: Diffraction Theory and Experiment

Vlasov S., Katin S., Koposova E., Lubyako L., Prokof’ev L.

摘要

We develop the theory of a three-mirror echelette traveling-wave resonator with frequency tuning, in which one of the mirrors is an echelette reflective diffraction grating. The theory makes it possible to allow for the diffraction loss related to finite sizes of the mirrors, the loss due to the existence of a mirror lobe at the grating (coupling loss), and the ohmic losses. The possibility of significant rarefaction in the spectrum of the resonator eigenfrequencies is demonstrated. The structure of mode fields allows one to ensure efficient input of the radiation to the resonator. An experiment performed in a frequency range near 140 GHz confirmed the theoretical calculations.

Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics. 2018;61(2):127-134
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Measurement and Compensation for the Amplitude and Phase Spectral Distortions of an Interference Signal in Optical Coherence Tomography for the Relative Optical-Spectrum Width Exceeding 10%

Gelikonov G., Gelikonov V.

摘要

We describe a universal method of compensating for the arbitrary dispersion in the spectral and time domain optical coherence tomography systems. In combination with the amplitude method of correcting the optical-spectrum irregularities, this approach allows one to obtain the spectrally determined resolution if the instrument function is close to the Gaussian one. The efficiency of the method is demonstrated in the time and spectral domain optical coherence tomographies with the fully fiber-type optical systems for the relative optical-spectrum width exceeding 10%.

Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics. 2018;61(2):135-145
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Decision Statistics for Incoherent Signal Detection in Multi-Element Antenna Arrays

Bolkhovskaya O., Maltsev A.

摘要

We present a detailed study of the characteristics of the exact decision statistic for the optimal incoherent signal detection in a multielement antenna array. The exact decision statistic is derived from a rigorous expression for the likelihood ratio in the case where the useful-signal amplitudes at the antenna-array elements are identical, whereas the phases are random. The analysis is carried out in the space of the variables which are observed at the outputs of the incoherent matched filters performing the initial signal processing at each antenna-array element. Variation in the signal-to-noise ratio is shown to deform the boundary of partitioning of the multidimensional observation space, which results in a variation in the threshold values of the exact decision statistic when the Neyman–Pearson criterion is used. The characteristics of the exact decision statistic and various approximate decision statistics are compared in detail. For the antenna arrays with a large number of elements, the influence of the used decision statistic on the target-missing probability is shown to become rather significant. A new combined decision statistic with the characteristics that are close to those of the exact decision statistic is introduced for a wide signal-to-noise ratio range.

Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics. 2018;61(2):146-160
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