OAM and Quantum Penetrating Radar
Abstract
This proposal is to acquire microwave equipment that assembles into a test bed for research into high-performance ground and wall penetrating radars with advancements in the use of digital control, orbital angular momentum (OAM) control and the exploitation of quantum effects. The equipment consists of two primary items. The first item is a PXIe-based digitally controlled and programmable microwave transceiver with 2-channels of output tightly synchronized with 2-channels of input, with 1 GHz baseband, and 500 MHz bandwidth; along with a 3 GHz RF Vector Signal generator. Five anticipated uses are: 1. A system to support research into digital control of time and frequency content of classical penetrating radar systems Ð This includes multi-static and phased array configurations, time and frequency domain compressive radar sensing, and software defined cognitive penetrating radar systems. 2. A system to support of fundamental research into the use for penetrating radars of controlled OAM microwaves, along with related quantum effects with potential for significant performance enhancement and low transmit power operation. 3. A testbed for applied problems that can benefit from controlled OAM microwave radars including the location and classification of buried objects, determining the structural characteristics of walls, locating objects behind walls, operating orthogonal antenna arrays, and the operation of penetrating radars in electromagnetically challenging environments. 4. A testbed for closely related research, such as software-defined radio communications. 5. Serve as an educational tool for students working in areas of microwave engineering, sensing, cognitive systems and structural identification. Students from Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Materials Science will make use of this system in their studies and research.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Feb 19, 2019
- Source ID
- W911NF1810193
Entities
People
- Dryver R. Huston
Organizations
- Army Contracting Command
- United States Army
- University of Vermont