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    Antenna rotation error tolerance for a low-frequency aperture array polarimeter

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    Authors
    Sutinjo, Adrian
    Hall, Peter
    Date
    2014
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Sutinjo, A. and Hall, P. 2014. Antenna rotation error tolerance for a low-frequency aperture array polarimeter. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. 62 (6): pp. 3401-3406.
    Source Title
    Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
    DOI
    10.1109/TAP.2014.2312201
    ISSN
    0018-926X
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    Copyright © 2014 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works.

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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23047
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    We present antenna rotation error tolerance analysis for a polarimeter consisting of dual-linearly polarized dipole-like elements. Treating the elements as a phased array and expressing the measurement basis as circularly polarized (CP) results in a concise expression for the Jones matrix for the array. For the type of elements being considered, the matrix shows that the intrinsic cross-polarization ratio (IXR) of the array at the intended beam scanning direction is unaffected by small rotation errors. For random rotation error and very large number of elements, we further find that the relative Jones matrix estimation error converges to that of the error-free case at the intended beam scanning direction; however, the effect of element rotation error on array directivity and radiation pattern remains. Recasting the analysis with the array observing an unpolarized source, a relation between rotation error and cross-polarization “leakage” is obtained, wherein similar trends with very large number of elements hold true. Practical examples involving “large” number of elements such as the low frequency Square Kilometre Array are discussed.

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