Abstract
An alternate transmitting mode (ATM) is an important synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging mode as it can provide rich waveform design degrees of freedom to improve the system performance, especially to mitigate range ambiguities. However, the azimuth ambiguity issue caused by the differences between the autocorrelation functions of transmitted waveforms is ignored in existing studies. In this article, a deep understanding of the ambiguities in the ATM allows a correct evaluation of the ambiguity-to-signal ratio and the design of quasi-orthogonal nonlinear frequency modulation (NLFM) waveforms optimized for ambiguity suppression. Moreover, a novel azimuth compensation method is developed to remove the azimuth ambiguities caused by waveform diversity. Finally, detailed simulation experiments are carried out to verify the theoretical analysis.
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