Influence of reflector edges diffraction on manifestation of backscatter amplification effect

Viktor A. Banakh

doi:10.1117/12.154835

15 September 1993 Influence of reflector edges diffraction on manifestation of backscatter amplification effect

Viktor A. Banakh

Proceedings Volume 1968, Atmospheric Propagation and Remote Sensing II; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.154835
Event: Optical Engineering and Photonics in Aerospace Sensing, 1993, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

It is shown that in a regime of weak turbulence the edge diffraction on a reflector has a profound effect on intensity distribution of the reflected wave and on the manifestation of backscatter amplification. Therewith the dependence of the amplification factor on the Fresnel number of the reflector radius has an oscillating nature both for the corner reflector and for the plane mirror one. In going from a weak turbulence regime to a strong one the effect of diffraction on reflector edges on backscatter enhancement becomes negligible.

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Viktor A. Banakh "Influence of reflector edges diffraction on manifestation of backscatter amplification effect", Proc. SPIE 1968, Atmospheric Propagation and Remote Sensing II, (15 September 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.154835

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