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14 July 2003 Fiber optic link reference system for ground-penetrating radar measurements
Russell D. Brown, E. Douglas Lynch, James M. Van Damme, Norman P. Bernstein, Alan George
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Abstract
An RF network analyzer normally uses a reference port to excite a device under test. The return from the device is compared in amplitude and phase to the reference to characterize the S-Parameters (reflection and transmission) of the device under test (DUT). In this case, the DUT was 30 meteres of limestone above a mine in Northwest Pennsylvania, which was being tested for dielectric constant and attenuation at 3-33 MHz as part of a ground penetrating radar development effort. This paper describes the test configuration using a wideband fiber optic link for the reference signal, and provides plots of the experimental results.
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Russell D. Brown, E. Douglas Lynch, James M. Van Damme, Norman P. Bernstein, and Alan George "Fiber optic link reference system for ground-penetrating radar measurements", Proc. SPIE 5104, Enabling Photonic Technologies for Aerospace Applications V, (14 July 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.497981
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KEYWORDS
Fiber optics

Signal attenuation

Fiber optics tests

Network security

Ground penetrating radar

Transmitters

Mining

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