Instrument function of two-element correlated radiometer with unfilled aperture

 

Lebedev Alexey V., Gladun Valeriy V., Kotov Alexander V., Pavlov Roman A., Pirogov Yury A., Tischenko Dmitriy A., Zheng Xu Feng

M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Physics

Received July 22, 2010

 

 

Abstract. The instrument function of two-element correlated radiometer with an unfilled aperture was calculated and constructed. Experimental investigations were carried out and antenna patterns were measured under different external conditions. Developed mathematical model has good coincidence with experimental results. The reasons influencing on the accuracy of two-element radiometer directional pattern measurement are discussed.

Keywords: correlated radiometer, instrument function, millimeter range.