Field of View of Mirrored Aperture Synthesis Radiometers

Aperture synthesis technique is able to provide high spatial resolution without requiring very large and massive real aperture. Recently, in addition to the well-known aperture synthesis radiometer, the concept of mirrored aperture synthesis has been proposed, and the experiments has been carried out to validate this technique. However, the field of view (FOV) of a mirrored aperture synthesis radiometer (MASR) has not been analyzed. In this paper, the FOV of an one-dimensional MASR is analyzed based on the symmetric convolution. A simulation and experiment are carried out to validate the derived FOV. The FOV of a two-dimensional MASR can be analyzed in the same way.