• Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves
  • Vol. 41, Issue 2, 448 (2022)
Mei-Yan LIANG1,*, Zhu-Yun REN1, Guang-Hui LI1, Cun-Lin ZHANG2, and Aly E Fathy3
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Physics and Electronic Engineering,Shanxi University,Taiyuan 030006,China
  • 2Department of physics,Capital Normal University,Beijing 100048,China
  • 3Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,University of Tennessee,Knoxville,TN 37996-2250,USA
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    DOI: 10.11972/j.issn.1001-9014.2022.02.011 Cite this Article
    Mei-Yan LIANG, Zhu-Yun REN, Guang-Hui LI, Cun-Lin ZHANG, Aly E Fathy. THz ISAR imaging using GPU-accelerated phase compensated back projection algorithm[J]. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2022, 41(2): 448 Copy Citation Text show less
    The progress of THz radar system(a)bandwidth,(b)resolution
    Fig. 1. The progress of THz radar system(a)bandwidth,(b)resolution
    The block diagram of the 0.22 THz radar system
    Fig. 2. The block diagram of the 0.22 THz radar system
    Experimental model of 0.22 THz ISAR imaging
    Fig. 3. Experimental model of 0.22 THz ISAR imaging
    Experimental scenario of 0.22 THz radar imaging
    Fig. 4. Experimental scenario of 0.22 THz radar imaging
    THz radar imaging model
    Fig. 5. THz radar imaging model
    Image reconstruction process using BP algorithm
    Fig. 6. Image reconstruction process using BP algorithm
    The flow chart of BP algorithm
    Fig. 7. The flow chart of BP algorithm
    A photograph of the 0.22 THz radar system
    Fig. 8. A photograph of the 0.22 THz radar system
    The corner reflectors are mounted on the turntable
    Fig. 9. The corner reflectors are mounted on the turntable
    ISAR imaging result for a corner reflector
    Fig. 10. ISAR imaging result for a corner reflector
    ISAR result after phase compensation(single corner reflector)
    Fig. 11. ISAR result after phase compensation(single corner reflector)
    ISAR imaging result for two corner reflectors
    Fig. 12. ISAR imaging result for two corner reflectors
    ISAR result after phase compensation(two corner reflectors)
    Fig. 13. ISAR result after phase compensation(two corner reflectors)
    ISAR result using RD algorithm
    Fig. 14. ISAR result using RD algorithm
    JPLFGANUPMUESTCCAEPOurs
    WaveformFMCWFMCWFMCWFMCWFMCWSFCW
    Frequency/GHz580/630/340220/300100/300340340220
    Bandwidth/GHz12.6/8/308/409/277.21612
    Imaging system3DISARISAR/3DISAR3DISAR
    Resolution/cm2-11.8-0.53.1-12.513
    Range/m4-7200-215-82.537
    Power/mW0.05-0.820-510-0.83.20.25-10
    Frame rate/Hzup to 4 Hz///4/
    Table 1. The parameters of THz radar imaging system
    Central frequency(fc0.22 THz
    Frequency range(220±6)GHz
    operating modeISAR imaging
    Output Power(P7 dBm
    WaveformSFCW
    Frequency step size(Δf12 MHz
    Total bandwidth(B12 GHz
    Number of steps(N1 024
    Pulse width(τ)100 ns
    Pulse repetition time in a burst(T60 µs
    Burst number(M312
    PolarizationH-H,V-V
    Range resolution(Δδy3 cm
    Theoretical resolution1.25 cm
    Dynamic range of receiver> 50 dB
    Noise figure of receiver<12 dB
    IF sampling rate60 MHz
    Table 2. Design parameters of 0.22 THz SF radar system
    GPU VersionGeForce RTX 2060
    Memory Capacity6GB
    Stream Processing Units1920
    Computer Capability7.5
    Core Frequency1365/1680MHz
    Memory Frequency14GHz
    Memory Bit Width192bit
    Memory Bandwidth336GB/s
    Memory TypeGDDR6
    Tensor Cores240
    Table 3. The parameters of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
    RDBPours
    SpeedReal-timeSlow~Real-time
    PrecisionLowHighHigh
    Error(-1,+8)(-1,+4)(-1,+4)
    DomainR-DSpatialSpatial
    Table 4. The comparison of RD algorithm and BP algorithm
    Mei-Yan LIANG, Zhu-Yun REN, Guang-Hui LI, Cun-Lin ZHANG, Aly E Fathy. THz ISAR imaging using GPU-accelerated phase compensated back projection algorithm[J]. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2022, 41(2): 448
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