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A simple detection method of buried cylindrical targets applicable to landmines
Author(s) -
Huynen I.,
Steisel J.,
Stockbroeckx B.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.10976
Subject(s) - lossy compression , microwave , detector , signature (topology) , simple (philosophy) , dielectric , field (mathematics) , optics , acoustics , materials science , physics , electronic engineering , engineering , computer science , optoelectronics , telecommunications , mathematics , geometry , artificial intelligence , philosophy , epistemology , pure mathematics
This paper presents a contribution to the problem of detecting cylindrical targets. We first show that cylindrical targets embedded into lossy dielectric media, such as soil have natural resonant frequencies which can be calculated using simplified models. Next, we demonstrate that those resonant frequencies can be observed experimentally using an adequate field detector and could be used as the signature of the presence of landmines into lossy soils. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 38: 80–83, 2003