A Novel Nonlinear Frequency Modulation Waveform Optimization Method Based on Time-Frequency structure Design

Konferenz: EUSAR 2021 - 13th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar
29.03.2021 - 01.04.2021 in online

Tagungsband: EUSAR 2021

Seiten: 5Sprache: EnglischTyp: PDF

Autoren:
Long, Yajun; Jin, Guodong (The Department of Space Microwave Remote Sensing System, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China & The School of Electronics, Electrical and Communication Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China)
Zhao, Fengjun; Wang, Robert (The Department of Space Microwave Remote Sensing System, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China)

Inhalt:
Commonly, weighted windows are employed to suppress range sidelobes in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) which transmits linear frequency modulation (LFM) waveform. However, it causes signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) loss of SAR images. Nonlinear frequency modulation (NLFM) waveform can provide lower range sidelobes without loss of SNR. Hence, we propose a novel NLFM waveform optimization method based on time-frequency structure design and augmented Lagrange particle swarm optimization (ALPSO) algorithm. Three groups of waveform optimization experiment were done, the sidelobe of our optimized NLFM waveform have a reduction of 6dB over the NLFM waveform generated by power spectral density (PSD) of window function while maintaining the same main lobe width.