Multi-waveform full-polarimetric video impulse radar for landmine detection

Author

Yarovoy, Alexander ; Schukin, Alexander ; Kaploun, Igor ; Ligthart, Leo

Author_Institution

IRCTR, Delft Univ. of Technol., Netherlands

Volume

3

fYear

2003

fDate

7-9 Oct. 2003

Firstpage

1003

Abstract

A principally new multi-waveform full-polarimetric front-end of a Ground Penetrating Radar has been developed. In comparison with commercially available video impulse GPR systems the key advantages of the front-end are considerably larger bandwidth, ability to measure the polarimetric structure of the scattered field and very high precision of scattered field measurements. A principally new antenna system design and an ability to perform quasi-simultaneous measurements in two different frequency bands with two transmit polarizations are main novelty aspects of the radar.

Keywords

ground penetrating radar; landmine detection; radar antennas; radar polarimetry; antenna system design; frequency bands; ground penetrating radar; landmine detection; multiwaveform full polarimetric front end; multiwaveform full polarimetric video impulse radar; polarimetric structure; scattered field precision measurement; transmit polarizations; Antenna measurements; Bandwidth; Frequency measurement; Ground penetrating radar; Landmine detection; Performance evaluation; Radar antennas; Radar polarimetry; Radar scattering; Transmitting antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference, 2003. 33rd European

Print_ISBN

1-58053-834-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EUMC.2003.1262822

Filename

1262822