Ultra-Wideband Short-Pulse Electromagnetics 6

by Mokole, Eric L.; Kragalott, Mark; Gerlach, Karl R.

• ISBN13: 9780306474811
• ISBN10: 0306474816
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-01-01
• Publisher: Plenum Pub Corp

Summary

Ultra-Wideband Short-Pulse Electromagnetics 6 was held at the American Electromagnetics 2002 conference June 3-7, 2002 at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Topics include: UWB Radar Systems; UWB Antennas; Scattering; Pulsed Power; Short-Pulse Measurement Techniques; Time-Domain Computation Techniques; Time-Domain Signal Processing; UWB Polarimetry; UWB Sensing of Terrain; Wavelets & Multi-Resolution Algorithms; Target Detection & Discrimination; Propagation; Underground & Subsurface Propagation; Electromagnetic Theory; New Canonical Problems, Benchmark Solutions; Signal Processing.

Table of Contents

Group Delay Description for Broadband Pulses	p. 1
Two-Dimensional Narrow-Waisted Gaussian Beam Analysis of Pulsed Propagation from Extended Planar One-Dimensional Aperture Field Distributions Through Planar Dielectric Layers	p. 11
Axial Scattering from Thin Cones	p. 23
An Observation Concerning the Entire Function in Sem Scattering	p. 41
Two Methods for Profile Reconstruction in Scattering Theory	p. 51
Object Impulse Response Evaluation for Ultrawideband Application	p. 63
The Life and Times of a Sea Spike: A Study of Wideband Sea Clutter at High Range Resolutions and Very Low Grazing Angles	p. 75
A Full Wave Approach to Electromagnetic, Scattering By Nanostructures with Small and Large Scale Periodic and Random Rough Surfaces and Lateral Fluctuations in the Permittivity and Permeability	p. 85
Frame-Based Beam-Summation Algorithms for Ultra Wideband Radiation from Extended Apertures Part I: Formulations in the Multi-Frequency Domain	p. 101
Frame-Based Beam-Summation Algorithms for Ultra Wideband Radiation from Extended Apertures Part II: Time Domain Formulation	p. 113
Pulse Centrovelocity: Asymptotic and FFT Results	p. 123
Reversible and Irreversible Processes in Dispersive/Dissipative Optical Media: Electromagnetic Free Energy and Heat Production	p. 131
Fast Time-Domain Integral Equation Approach for Wide-Band Pulse Propagation in Dispersive Media	p. 143
Effect of the Inversion Symmetry of Dispersion Relations on Four-Wave Interactions in Photonic Crystals	p. 159
A Finite-Difference-Time-Domain/Perfectly-Matched-Layer Algorithm Applied for Nonlinear Dispersive Media	p. 175
Focusing of Ultra-Wideband Composite X-Waves	p. 193
Multi-Resolution Homogenization (MRH) for Short Pulse Fields and for Fault Interrogation in Complex Laminates	p. 203
Foilage Penetration Stripmap Sar Imaging Using UWB Random Noise Waveform	p. 215
Iterative Solution of Field Problems with a Varying Physical Parameter	p. 223
A New FDTD Solution Method Without a Marching-On-In-Time Scheme Using Laguerre Polynomials	p. 231
Time-Domain Integral-Equation-Based Solver for Transient and Broadband Problems in Electromagnetics	p. 239
Efficient Mixed Finite Elements for Maxwell's Equations in Time Domain	p. 251
Solution and Stability Analysis of a New Integral Equation for the Transient Scattering by a Flat, Rectangular Conducting Plate	p. 261
Reshaping the Aperture Fields in Impulse Radiating Antennas and Oscillator Reflector Antennas	p. 269
Optimization of Impulse Radiating Antennas	p. 281
Electromagnetic Lens Design	p. 291
Location and Orientation of Electrically Small Transmitting and Receiving Antenna Pairs with Common Linear Polarization and Beam Direction for Minimal Mutual Coupling	p. 299
The Role of Mutual Coupling in A 5:1 Bandwidth Stripline Notch Array	p. 317
UWB Antenna Characterization and Optimization Methodologies	p. 329
Optimized Ultra-Wideband Radiation of Dipole Antennas with Triangle Driving Pulses	p. 337
Analytical, Numerical, and Experimental Results for Wide-Angle Biconical Antennas	p. 345
Ultrawideband Transmitting Antennas, Arrays, and High-Power Radiation Sources	p. 357
Recent Developments in Ultra-Wideband Sources and Antennas	p. 369
Design and Development of a High Voltage Coaxial Hydrogen Switch	p. 381
Progress in Development and Characterization of Photoconductively-Switched Stacked Blumlein Devices Producing High Power Nanosecond Pulses	p. 391
The Effects of Passivation Layers on the Response of Photoconductive Switches for Ultra Wideband High Power Microwave Applications	p. 401
Nanosecond Pulsed Breakdown for Point-Plane Geometries at Moderate Voltage	p. 409
Design and Testing of a Compact Sub-GW, Subnanosecond Pulser	p. 415
Resonance Pulse Compression as an Effective Method for Generation of UWB High Repetitive Microwave Pulses	p. 427
Excitation of Sub-Structure Resonances Using a T-Pulse	p. 435
Exploiting Early Time Response Using the Half Fourier Transform (HFT)	p. 443
Detection of a Buried Object with Pulse-Compressed Wire Antennas	p. 453
Target Recognition Via Late Time Scattering	p. 463
Detection of Wires Using UWB Radar	p. 471
Comparison of Time, Frequency and Time-Frequency Analysis of Back-Scattered Echoes from Radar Targets Buried in Realistic Half-Spaces	p. 481
Detection of Targets Behind Walls Using Ultra Wide Band Short Pulse	p. 493
Integrated Digital UWB-Radar	p. 507
Vector Receiving Antenna for Ultrawideband Radar Polarimetry	p. 515
Very High Voltage Divider with Large Bandwidth	p. 523
An UWB Radar Based Stealthy 'Lie Detector'	p. 537
Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) of Ultrawideband (UWB) Short-Pulse Systems in Military Environments?	p. 553
Design and Testing of A 1-3 GHZ SFCW Ground Penetrating Radar	p. 563
High Resolution Imaging Using a SFCW GPR	p. 573
Radar Detection and Imaging of Buried Objects	p. 583
Author Index	p. 591
Subject Index	p. 593
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