STATISTICS OF PHASE QUADRATURE COMPONENTS OF MICROWAVE FIELD TRANSMITTED THROUGH A RANDOM MEDIUM

Abstract

THE PHASE QUADRATURE COMPONENTS OF THE TOTAL MICROWAVE FIELD TRANSMITTED THROUGH A RANDOM VOLUME DISTRIBUTION OF Styrofoam spheres was measured. The radii of the spheres were large compared to the wavelength, and their index of refraction was close to unity. The statistical results in the mid-field region led to the bivariate normal distribution with correlation to describe the scattered incoherent field, rather than to the simpler Rayleigh distribution. Depart res of the incoherent field from the Rayleigh distribution were a function of the sum of the reciprocal transmitter and receiver distances. This behavior suggested that in the mid-field region the depart res are related to the sphericity of the transmitting and receiving beams. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 15, 1961
Accession Number
AD0267020

Entities

People

  • C.i. Beard

Organizations

  • Sylvania Electric Products

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computing-Related Activities
  • Data Science
  • Information Science
  • Interdisciplinary Science
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Mathematics
  • Microwaves
  • Normal Distribution
  • Refraction
  • Refractive Index
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Statistics
  • Transmitters
  • Transmitting

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering