Qian Guang, Qian Kun, Guan Xiaowen, Kong Yuechan, Chen Tangsheng
Microwave photonic integrated chip technology is an important supporting technology of microwave photonic radar. It can not only realize the multifunction of devices, reduce the volume of microwave photonic radar, but also greatly improve the stability and reliability. This paper introduces the photonic integrated chip technologies based on the commonly used InP, Si, LiNbO3 and their heterogeneous integrations and the optoelectronic integration chip technologies for microwave photonics. Finally, the future development trends is discussed.
{"title":"Integrated Chip Technologies for Microwave Photonics","authors":"Qian Guang, Qian Kun, Guan Xiaowen, Kong Yuechan, Chen Tangsheng","doi":"10.12000/JR19044","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12000/JR19044","url":null,"abstract":"Microwave photonic integrated chip technology is an important supporting technology of microwave photonic radar. It can not only realize the multifunction of devices, reduce the volume of microwave photonic radar, but also greatly improve the stability and reliability. This paper introduces the photonic integrated chip technologies based on the commonly used InP, Si, LiNbO3 and their heterogeneous integrations and the optoelectronic integration chip technologies for microwave photonics. Finally, the future development trends is discussed.","PeriodicalId":37701,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Radars","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45234257","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zhu Dan, Xu Wei-yuan, Chen Wenjuan, Liu Jiang, P. Shilong
Distributed Multi-target Localization System Based on Optical Wavelength Division Multiplexing Network ZHU Dan XU Weiyuan CHEN Wenjuan LIU Jiang PAN Shilong (Key Laboratory of Radar Imaging and Microwave Photonics, Ministry of Education, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211106, China) Abstract: A distributed multi-target localization system based on optical Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) network is demonstrated. The wideband orthogonal waveforms are generated by introducing the chaotic OptoElectronic Oscillator (OEO). The optical WDM network is introduced to transmit the wideband signals from multiple distributed transmitting and receiving units to the central station for processing, and the accurate localization of multiple targets is achieved based on the time of arrival localization method. The multiple optical carriers are generated at the central station, the complex processing to achieve the highprecision of the target localization is supported by the resources at the central station, and the remote transmitting and receiving units are simplified. Moreover, a proof of concept of the distributed multi-target localization system based on optical WDM network is obtained. The localization system comprising two transmitters and two receivers is experimentally established. The orthogonal chaotic waveforms with the frequency range of 3.1~10.6 GHz are successfully generated from the chaotic OEOs. The two-dimensional localization of two targets is realized via the maximum positioning error of 7.09 cm. Additionally, the reconfiguration of the system is experimentally verified.
{"title":"Distributed Multi-target Localization System Based on Optical Wavelength Division Multiplexing Network","authors":"Zhu Dan, Xu Wei-yuan, Chen Wenjuan, Liu Jiang, P. Shilong","doi":"10.12000/JR19028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12000/JR19028","url":null,"abstract":"Distributed Multi-target Localization System Based on Optical Wavelength Division Multiplexing Network ZHU Dan XU Weiyuan CHEN Wenjuan LIU Jiang PAN Shilong (Key Laboratory of Radar Imaging and Microwave Photonics, Ministry of Education, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211106, China) Abstract: A distributed multi-target localization system based on optical Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) network is demonstrated. The wideband orthogonal waveforms are generated by introducing the chaotic OptoElectronic Oscillator (OEO). The optical WDM network is introduced to transmit the wideband signals from multiple distributed transmitting and receiving units to the central station for processing, and the accurate localization of multiple targets is achieved based on the time of arrival localization method. The multiple optical carriers are generated at the central station, the complex processing to achieve the highprecision of the target localization is supported by the resources at the central station, and the remote transmitting and receiving units are simplified. Moreover, a proof of concept of the distributed multi-target localization system based on optical WDM network is obtained. The localization system comprising two transmitters and two receivers is experimentally established. The orthogonal chaotic waveforms with the frequency range of 3.1~10.6 GHz are successfully generated from the chaotic OEOs. The two-dimensional localization of two targets is realized via the maximum positioning error of 7.09 cm. Additionally, the reconfiguration of the system is experimentally verified.","PeriodicalId":37701,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Radars","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45604516","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Dynamic and Adaptive Selection Radar Tracking Method Based on Information Entropy","authors":"Ge Jianjun, Li Chunxia","doi":"10.12000/JR17081","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12000/JR17081","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37701,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Radars","volume":"6 1","pages":"587-593"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48431998","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Novel Cluster-Analysis Algorithm Based on MAP Framework for Multi-baseline InSAR Height Reconstruction","authors":"Si Qi, Yu Wang, D. Yunkai, Li Ning, Z. Heng","doi":"10.12000/JR17043","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12000/JR17043","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37701,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Radars","volume":"6 1","pages":"640-652"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43493164","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wang Siyu, Gao Xin, Sun Hao, Zheng Xin-wei, Sun Xian
In the field of image processing using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), aircraft detection is a challenging task. Conventional approaches always extract targets from the background of an image using image segmentation methods. Nevertheless, these methods mainly focus on pixel contrast and neglect the integrity of the target, which leads to locating the object inaccurately. In this study, we build a novel SAR aircraft detection framework. Compared to traditional methods, an improved saliency-based method is proposed to locate candidates coarsely and quickly in large scenes. This proposed method is verified to be more efficient compared with the sliding window method. Next, we design a convolutional neural network fitting in SAR images to accurately identify the candidates and obtain the final detection result. Moreover, to overcome the problem of limited available SAR data, we propose four data augmentation methods comprising translation, speckle noising, contrast enhancement, and small-angle rotation. Experimental results show that our framework achieves excellent performance on the high-resolution TerraSAR-X dataset.
{"title":"An Aircraft Detection Method Based on Convolutional Neural Networks in High-Resolution SAR Images","authors":"Wang Siyu, Gao Xin, Sun Hao, Zheng Xin-wei, Sun Xian","doi":"10.12000/JR17009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12000/JR17009","url":null,"abstract":"In the field of image processing using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), aircraft detection is a challenging task. Conventional approaches always extract targets from the background of an image using image segmentation methods. Nevertheless, these methods mainly focus on pixel contrast and neglect the integrity of the target, which leads to locating the object inaccurately. In this study, we build a novel SAR aircraft detection framework. Compared to traditional methods, an improved saliency-based method is proposed to locate candidates coarsely and quickly in large scenes. This proposed method is verified to be more efficient compared with the sliding window method. Next, we design a convolutional neural network fitting in SAR images to accurately identify the candidates and obtain the final detection result. Moreover, to overcome the problem of limited available SAR data, we propose four data augmentation methods comprising translation, speckle noising, contrast enhancement, and small-angle rotation. Experimental results show that our framework achieves excellent performance on the high-resolution TerraSAR-X dataset.","PeriodicalId":37701,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Radars","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44425335","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zhou Yejian, Zhang Lei, Wang Hongxian, Xing Mengdao
Usually, in traditional Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar (ISAR) systems design and mode selection for space satellite targets, coherent integration gain in azimuth direction hardly can be analyzed, which depends on target’s motion. In this study, we combine the target orbit parameters to determine its motion relative to radar and deduce coherent integration equation in ISAR imaging to realize the selection of imaging intervals based on coherent integration, which can ensure the resolution in azimuth direction. Meanwhile, we analyze the influence of target orbit altitude to echo power and imaging Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) that provides a new indicator for space observation ISAR systems design. The result of simulation experiment illustrates that with target orbit altitude increasing, coherent integration gain in azimuth direction of large-angular observation offsets the decreasing of imaging SNR in a degree, which provides a brand-new perspective for space observation ISAR systems and signal processing design.
{"title":"Performance Analysis on ISAR Imaging of Space Targets","authors":"Zhou Yejian, Zhang Lei, Wang Hongxian, Xing Mengdao","doi":"10.12000/JR16136","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12000/JR16136","url":null,"abstract":"Usually, in traditional Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar (ISAR) systems design and mode selection for space satellite targets, coherent integration gain in azimuth direction hardly can be analyzed, which depends on target’s motion. In this study, we combine the target orbit parameters to determine its motion relative to radar and deduce coherent integration equation in ISAR imaging to realize the selection of imaging intervals based on coherent integration, which can ensure the resolution in azimuth direction. Meanwhile, we analyze the influence of target orbit altitude to echo power and imaging Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) that provides a new indicator for space observation ISAR systems design. The result of simulation experiment illustrates that with target orbit altitude increasing, coherent integration gain in azimuth direction of large-angular observation offsets the decreasing of imaging SNR in a degree, which provides a brand-new perspective for space observation ISAR systems and signal processing design.","PeriodicalId":37701,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Radars","volume":"6 1","pages":"17-24"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44774931","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), an important earth observation sensor, has been used in a wide range of applications for land and marine surveillance. Polarimetric SAR (PolSAR) can obtain abundant scattering information of a target to improve the ability of target detection, classification, and quantitative inversion. In this paper, the important role of PolSAR in ocean monitoring is discussed with factors such as sea ice, ships, oil spill, waves, internal waves, and seabed topography. Moreover, the future development direction of PolSAR is put forward to get an inspiration for further research of PolSAR in marine surveillance applications.
{"title":"Discussion on Application of Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar in Marine Surveillance","authors":"Z. Jie, Zhang Xi, Fan Chenqing, Meng Junmin","doi":"10.12000/JR16124","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12000/JR16124","url":null,"abstract":"Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), an important earth observation sensor, has been used in a wide range of applications for land and marine surveillance. Polarimetric SAR (PolSAR) can obtain abundant scattering information of a target to improve the ability of target detection, classification, and quantitative inversion. In this paper, the important role of PolSAR in ocean monitoring is discussed with factors such as sea ice, ships, oil spill, waves, internal waves, and seabed topography. Moreover, the future development direction of PolSAR is put forward to get an inspiration for further research of PolSAR in marine surveillance applications.","PeriodicalId":37701,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Radars","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"65931006","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Passive radar experiences a significant problem called multipath clutter. The Batch version of the Extensive Cancellation Algorithm (ECA-B) is an efficient method for clutter mitigation. With the increase in signal bandwidth, a greater number of segments is required to cancel the clutter across the entire frequency range. This affects the processing rate, detrimentally weakening and modulating the signal from low-speed targets. Thus, this paper proposes a method that uses ECA-B to process both reference and echo signals in the frequency domain. This method not only reduces the amount of calculation required but also avoids weakening and modulating the target signal, which is spread across many segments. The simulated and experimental data results confirm the correctness and validity of the proposed method.
{"title":"Batch Version of Extensive Cancellation Algorithm for Clutter Mitigation in Frequency Domain of Passive Radar","authors":"Liu Yu, Lv Xiaode, Yang Pengcheng","doi":"10.12000/JR15098","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12000/JR15098","url":null,"abstract":"Passive radar experiences a significant problem called multipath clutter. The Batch version of the Extensive Cancellation Algorithm (ECA-B) is an efficient method for clutter mitigation. With the increase in signal bandwidth, a greater number of segments is required to cancel the clutter across the entire frequency range. This affects the processing rate, detrimentally weakening and modulating the signal from low-speed targets. Thus, this paper proposes a method that uses ECA-B to process both reference and echo signals in the frequency domain. This method not only reduces the amount of calculation required but also avoids weakening and modulating the target signal, which is spread across many segments. The simulated and experimental data results confirm the correctness and validity of the proposed method.","PeriodicalId":37701,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Radars","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"65931449","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Huang Xiaojing, Yang Xiangli, Huang Pingping, Yang Wen
This study presents a new feature representation approach for Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar (PolSAR) image based on prototype theory. First, multiple prototype sets are generated using prototype theory. Then, regularized logistic regression is used to predict similarities between a test sample and each prototype set. Finally, the PolSAR image feature representation is obtained by ensemble projection. Experimental results of an unsupervised classification of PolSAR images show that our method can efficiently represent polarimetric signatures of different land covers and yield satisfactory classification results.
{"title":"Prototype Theory Based Feature Representation for PolSAR Images","authors":"Huang Xiaojing, Yang Xiangli, Huang Pingping, Yang Wen","doi":"10.12000/JR15071","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12000/JR15071","url":null,"abstract":"This study presents a new feature representation approach for Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar (PolSAR) image based on prototype theory. First, multiple prototype sets are generated using prototype theory. Then, regularized logistic regression is used to predict similarities between a test sample and each prototype set. Finally, the PolSAR image feature representation is obtained by ensemble projection. Experimental results of an unsupervised classification of PolSAR images show that our method can efficiently represent polarimetric signatures of different land covers and yield satisfactory classification results.","PeriodicalId":37701,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Radars","volume":"815 1","pages":"208-216"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"65931271","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Liu Xia, Han Yanfei, Li Hai, Lu Xiaoguang, Wu Renbiao
Meteorological target simulation using polarization information is the foundation of the theoretical research and design application of dual-polarization Doppler weather radar. Currently, the theoretical research of airborne dual-polarization weather radar is in the development stage. To provide high-fidelity simulation data required for airborne dual-polarization weather radar detection technology, in this study, a simulation method of the polarization characteristics of rainfall determined using airborne weather radar based on numerical weather prediction is proposed. The numerical weather prediction model is used to realize the modeling and simulation of meteorological scenarios and provide information on meteorological parameters such as temperature, particle concentration, and mixing ratio of rainfall. In the analysis of the microphysical properties of rainfall, the electromagnetic scattering matrix is calculated and the simulation of the polarization characteristics of rainfall is achieved. The simulation results for different microphysical property parameters have led to the establishment of a high-fidelity rainfall model and demonstrated (via comparison with the real radar data) that the simulation of polarization characteristics using the proposed method is effective and reliable.
{"title":"Polarization Characteristics Simulation of Airborne Weather Radar Rainfall Target Based on Numerical Weather Prediction","authors":"Liu Xia, Han Yanfei, Li Hai, Lu Xiaoguang, Wu Renbiao","doi":"10.12000/JR16048","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12000/JR16048","url":null,"abstract":"Meteorological target simulation using polarization information is the foundation of the theoretical research and design application of dual-polarization Doppler weather radar. Currently, the theoretical research of airborne dual-polarization weather radar is in the development stage. To provide high-fidelity simulation data required for airborne dual-polarization weather radar detection technology, in this study, a simulation method of the polarization characteristics of rainfall determined using airborne weather radar based on numerical weather prediction is proposed. The numerical weather prediction model is used to realize the modeling and simulation of meteorological scenarios and provide information on meteorological parameters such as temperature, particle concentration, and mixing ratio of rainfall. In the analysis of the microphysical properties of rainfall, the electromagnetic scattering matrix is calculated and the simulation of the polarization characteristics of rainfall is achieved. The simulation results for different microphysical property parameters have led to the establishment of a high-fidelity rainfall model and demonstrated (via comparison with the real radar data) that the simulation of polarization characteristics using the proposed method is effective and reliable.","PeriodicalId":37701,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Radars","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"65930995","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}