• DocumentCode
    494229
  • Title

    Measuring the extinction cross section

  • Author

    Larsson, Christer ; Sohl, Christian ; Gustafsson, Mats ; Kristensson, Gerhard

  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    23-27 March 2009
  • Firstpage
    3633
  • Lastpage
    3636
  • Abstract
    This paper describes a method to determine the extinction cross section for a very large bandwidth in the microwave region. The method is based on measurements of the radar cross section in the forward direction to calculate the extinction cross section. The method is applicable to samples of arbitrary shape and composition. Coherent background subtraction and time domain gating is used for the frequency range [2.5, 38] GHz to increase the sensitivity. The efficiency of the background subtraction and the accuracy of the measurements are estimated.
  • Keywords
    radar cross-sections; time-domain analysis; coherent background subtraction; extinction cross section; microwave region; radar cross section; time domain gating; Anechoic chambers; Antenna measurements; Electromagnetic measurements; Electromagnetic scattering; Frequency; Optical scattering; Radar cross section; Radar scattering; Receiving antennas; Transmitting antennas;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation, 2009. EuCAP 2009. 3rd European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Berlin
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4753-4
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-3-00-024573-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5068378