title: Incoherent energy and coherence time of depolarized microwaves--application in the case of atmospheric propagation.
abstract: After having briefly summarized the principle of interferometric analyzers, the author shows that they can be utilized for the simultaneous measurement, in two orthogonal directions, of self-coherence time, of coherent energy, and of incoherent energy. In the second part, he demonstrates the interest that they can have in the case of atmospheric propagation and suggests drawing the polar diagrams of the square root of the incoherent power source (a hypothetical amplitude) and the self-coherence times.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Physique Expérimentale, Equipe d'Optique des Micro-Ondes, Université de Bordeaux I, 351 Cours de la Libération, Talence, France.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sardos