Polarimetric imaging method for a surface adaptive permittivity estimation for 60 GHz FMCW Radar

Abstract

The chaining of imaging techniques with material characterization capabilities is a very promising approach in the field of security applications. In this paper a polarimetric measurement setup which combines the advantages for imaging and material characterization is introduced. In the herein developed novel set-up the disadvantage of a bistatic configuration is overcome by the implementation of a retroreflector, allowing measurements applying a low-cost, single chip radar. This method is the basis for the combination of material characterization and imaging of targets with rough surface. Furthermore, a modified real time capable convergence algorithm based on [9] is proposed for the purpose of accurate imaging of rough objects. For the validation of this technique polarimetric measurements of real and rough objects are performed and the benefit of the polarimetric evaluation is shown.