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Paper Abstract
A subscale radio frequency (RF) and infrared (IR) testbed using novel RF-photonics techniques for generating radar
waveforms is currently under development at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL) to
study target scenarios in a laboratory setting. The linearity of Maxwell’s equations allows the use of millimeter
wavelengths and scaled-down target models to emulate full-scale RF scene effects. Coupled with passive IR and visible
sensors, target motions and heating, and a processing and algorithm development environment, this testbed provides a
means to flexibly and cost-effectively generate and analyze multi-modal data for a variety of applications, including
verification of digital model hypotheses, investigation of correlated phenomenology, and aiding system capabilities
assessment. In this work, concept feasibility is demonstrated for simultaneous RF, IR, and visible sensor measurements
of heated, precessing, conical targets and of a calibration cylinder. Initial proof-of-principle results are shown of the
Ka-band subscale radar, which models S-band for 1/10th scale targets, using stretch processing and Xpatch models.
Paper Details
Date Published: 31 October 2014
PDF: 11 pages
Proc. SPIE 9254, Emerging Technologies in Security and Defence II; and Quantum-Physics-based Information Security III, 92540S (31 October 2014); doi: 10.1117/12.2068251
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 9254:
Emerging Technologies in Security and Defence II; and Quantum-Physics-based Information Security III
Keith L. Lewis; Mark T. Gruneisen; Miloslav Dusek; Richard C. Hollins; Thomas J. Merlet; John G. Rarity; Alexander Toet, Editor(s)
PDF: 11 pages
Proc. SPIE 9254, Emerging Technologies in Security and Defence II; and Quantum-Physics-based Information Security III, 92540S (31 October 2014); doi: 10.1117/12.2068251
Show Author Affiliations
Michele B. Lohr, Johns Hopkins Univ. Applied Physics Lab., LLC (United States)
Raymond M. Sova, Johns Hopkins Univ. Applied Physics Lab., LLC (United States)
Kevin B. Funk, Johns Hopkins Univ. Applied Physics Lab., LLC (United States)
Marc B. Airola, Johns Hopkins Univ. Applied Physics Lab., LLC (United States)
Michael L. Dennis, Johns Hopkins Univ. Applied Physics Lab., LLC (United States)
Raymond M. Sova, Johns Hopkins Univ. Applied Physics Lab., LLC (United States)
Kevin B. Funk, Johns Hopkins Univ. Applied Physics Lab., LLC (United States)
Marc B. Airola, Johns Hopkins Univ. Applied Physics Lab., LLC (United States)
Michael L. Dennis, Johns Hopkins Univ. Applied Physics Lab., LLC (United States)
Richard E. Pavek, Johns Hopkins Univ. Applied Physics Lab., LLC (United States)
Jennifer S. Hollenbeck, Johns Hopkins Univ. Applied Physics Lab., LLC (United States)
Sean K. Garrison, Johns Hopkins Univ. Applied Physics Lab., LLC (United States)
Steven J. Conard, Johns Hopkins Univ. Applied Physics Lab., LLC (United States)
David H. Terry, Johns Hopkins Univ. Applied Physics Lab., LLC (United States)
Jennifer S. Hollenbeck, Johns Hopkins Univ. Applied Physics Lab., LLC (United States)
Sean K. Garrison, Johns Hopkins Univ. Applied Physics Lab., LLC (United States)
Steven J. Conard, Johns Hopkins Univ. Applied Physics Lab., LLC (United States)
David H. Terry, Johns Hopkins Univ. Applied Physics Lab., LLC (United States)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 9254:
Emerging Technologies in Security and Defence II; and Quantum-Physics-based Information Security III
Keith L. Lewis; Mark T. Gruneisen; Miloslav Dusek; Richard C. Hollins; Thomas J. Merlet; John G. Rarity; Alexander Toet, Editor(s)
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