The coherent and incoherent scattering are composed in the backscattering characteristics of arbitrarily shaped dielectric object with rough surface both in laser and THz bands. If the radius of curvature at any point of the surface is much greater than the incident wavelength which is also longer than the surface height fluctuation and RMS of surface slope, the Kirchhoff approximation and Physical optics method, as well as the stationary phase evaluation are invited here to deduce the analytical expression of coherent backscattering cross section of rough dielectric object. Basically, the coherent cross section can be viewed as the combination of the RCS of corresponding smooth and perfectly conducting object, the Fresnel reflection coefficient of dielectric surface and the characteristic function of rough surface. Thus, the scattering expression of rough conducting object, smooth dielectric object and the rough dielectric object can be logically obtained. Using the tangent plane approximation, the surface of the object is divided into a series of patches, and then the incoherent component is achieved by integrating over the illuminated area combined with the covering function. Based on the Physical optics approximation and GPU parallel computing, the coherent scattering component of smooth conducting object, the incoherent component of rough object and its corresponding backscattering cross section can be easily computed. In this paper, we numerically simulate the backscattering characteristics in laser and THz bands of rough dielectric sphere and other complex rough dielectric targets respectively, meanwhile, we also analysis the influence of dielectric coefficient and roughness concentration on the results of the backscattering cross section.
KEYWORDS: Radar, 3D modeling, Laser scattering, Backscatter, Radar imaging, Scattering, Chemical elements, LIDAR, 3D image processing, Electromagnetic scattering theory
One-dimensional range profile is known as a simple radar imaging technology. Based on the imaging mechanism, the laser range profiles (LRPS) of the convex rotators in three different methods, which named as the Beam Scattering Method (BS method), Radar Cross Section Method (RCS method) and Surface Elements Method (SE method),were studied. In detail, BS method, which combined the laser beam pulse scattering theory and radar equation, is the very model that can be applied to the convex quadric rotary bodies, however, it may produce singular solutions in certain incident directions. The RCS method is just an extension of the theory of radar cross section theory and radar equation. According to the definition, the simplest forms of RCS which were then substituted into the radar equation were obtained, finally the one-dimensional range profiles were analytically resolved. The SE Method is a much more comprehensive theory to get the laser range profiles of arbitrary objects. The object should be first divided into numerous small triangle facets, and sum the backscattering power of these facets in the same distance, and in this way the final LRPS were deduced. In the meanwhile, the SE method is the most convenient way to evolve into the three-dimensional range profile. In the paper, the LRPS of a cone based on the three models above were simulated, it was found that the features and shape of each profiles were similar basically, but theoretical correction to SE method was still needed.
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