Biçak, E. | Yegin, K. | Nazli, H. | Dag, M.

Conference Object | 2014 | Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering9077

Vehicular applications of UWB GPR demand multiple GPR sensors operating in a harsh environment. One of the key elements of in the sensor is its UWB antenna which has minimal inter-element coupling, low group delay, high directivity and less prone to environmental conditions. Tapered slot antennas (TSA's) provide good impedance match, but they need to be modified for above specifications. Parasitic slot loaded TSA with balanced feed is proposed and a multi-channel antenna array structure is formed. Structural parameters are numerically analyzed and a prototype is built. Measurements show good performance for UWB GPR applications. © 2014 SPIE.

Öztürk, H. | Nazli, H. | Yegin, K. | Biçak, E. | Sezgin, M. | Dag, M. | Türetken, B.

Conference Object | 2013 | Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering8709

Millimeter wave absorption relative to background soil can be used for detection landmines with little or no metal content. At these frequencies, soil and landmine absorb electromagnetic energy differently. Stepped frequency measurements from 20 GHz to 60 GHz were used to detect buried surrogate landmines in the soil. The targets were 3 cm and 5 cm beneath the soil surface and coherent transmission and reflection was used in the experimental setup. The measurement set-up was mounted on a handheld portable device, and this device was on a rail for accurate displacement such that the rail could move freely along the scan axis. Measure . . .ments were performed with network analyzer and scattering data in frequency domain were recorded for processing, namely for inverse Fourier Transform and background subtraction. Background subtraction was performed through a numerical filter to achieve higher contrast ratio. Although the numerical filter used was a simple routine with minimal computational burden, a specific detection method was applied to the background subtracted GPR data, which was based on correlation summation of consecutive A-scan signals in a predefined window length. © 2013 SPIE Daha fazlası Daha az

Yesil, M.A. | Yegin, K. | Bellikli, H. | Tura, L. | Nazlg, H. | Dag, M.

Conference Object | 2014 | Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering9072

Metal detector coil design has been matured to great extent over the years. However, vehicle mounted or remotely operated metal detectors require different specifications and these specifications dictate multiple transmit and receive coils operating in various settings. Unlike handheld operation, detector is more susceptible to metallic body of the vehicle. Moreover, ground calibration is also different than handheld devices. Coil geometries and intercoupling between them play a significant role in system design and performance. In this study, we study different coil geometries for vehicular applications. Starting from well-known co . . .il geometries, we placed coils on dry, wet and ferrous soil to understand the interaction mechanism. Simulation studies are performed in frequency domain but the results are all applicable to time domain pulse based detector systems. © 2014 SPIE Daha fazlası Daha az

Öztürk, H. | Nazli, H. | Yegin, K. | Sezgin, M. | Biçak, E. | Belikli, H. | Dag, M.

Conference Object | 2013 | Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering8714

Detection of landmines based on complex resonance frequencies has been studied in the past and no distinctive results have been reported. Especially for low metal content landmines buried at depths greater than 9 cm, resonant frequencies become fairly distributed in the background and no specific frequency of interest can be used. However, in a typical impulse radar, spectral energy density of the transmitted pulse can be very broad and its peak can be located anywhere. Usually, a compromise is made between penetration depth and feature resolution for spectral energy peak allocation. Pulse amplitude, duration, symmetry, its spectral . . . energy distribution, ringing level all affect depth and resolution metrics in a complicated way. Considering receiver dynamic range, we study two distinct pulses having different spectral energy density peaks and their detection ability for landmines with little or no metallic content. We carry out experiments to show that pulse shape/fidelity is critical to obtain desired contrast in post-processing of data. © 2013 SPIE Daha fazlası Daha az