title: Effect of H-wave polarization on laser radar detection of partially convex targets in random media.
abstract: A study on the performance of laser radar cross section (LRCS) of conducting targets with large sizes is investigated numerically in free space and random media. The LRCS is calculated using a boundary value method with beam wave incidence and H-wave polarization. Considered are those elements that contribute to the LRCS problem including random medium strength, target configuration, and beam width. The effect of the creeping waves, stimulated by H-polarization, on the LRCS behavior is manifested. Targets taking large sizes of up to five wavelengths are sufficiently larger than the beam width and are sufficient for considering fairly complex targets. Scatterers are assumed to have analytical partially convex contours with inflection points.
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science, Lakehead University, 955 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, Ontario P7B 5E1, Canada. hosam@lakeheadu.ca
authors.forename: Hosam
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: El-Ocla