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AN ALGORITHM IS DEVELOPED FOR APPLICATION IN A RAY TRACING PROGRAM TO PROVIDE THE AMPLITUDE, POLARIZATION, AND PHASE OF AN ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTED FROM A DIELECTRIC BODY.

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Army
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 4025
Amount: $48,716.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1986
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
Rt 3 - Box 212
Stillwater, OK 74074
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 JAMES LANGE
 (405) 377-0826
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Research Institution
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Abstract

AN ALGORITHM IS DEVELOPED FOR APPLICATION IN A RAY TRACING PROGRAM TO PROVIDE THE AMPLITUDE, POLARIZATION, AND PHASE OF AN ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTED FROM A DIELECTRIC BODY. TWO DIFFERENT CONFIGURATIONS ARE USED. THE FIRST CONSISTS OF AN ABSORPTIVE DIELECTRIC BODY AND THE SECOND OF A DIELECTRIC BODY COATED WITH A ABSORPTIVE LAYER. THE ALGORITHM IS BASED ON AN EXACT SOLUTION TO THE BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEM DEFINED BY THE CONTINUITY OF COMPONENTS OF THE ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS ACROSS THE BOUNDARY. THE REFLECTIVITY FROM THE ABSORPTIVE COATING IS CALCULATED USING FINITE VECTOR SUM DEVELOPMENT OF THE MULTIPLY REFLECTED ENERGY IN THE ABSORPTIVE LAYER. EXAMPLES OF THE DISPERSIVE EFFECTS OF THE ABSORPTIVE LAYER ARE MODELED FOR SOME REPRESENTATIVE INPUT SIGNAL IMPLUSES. DETAILED EXAMPLES OF VARIOUS ALTERATIONS IN THE REFECTED SIGNAL PARAMETERS DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE SURFACE WILL BE ILLUSTRATED IN THE FINAL REPORT.

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