On the derivation of angular glint from backscattering measurements of echo relative phase

From the backscattering measurements of a two-point target consisting of two spheres, we discovered that the backward angular glint can be obtained by evaluating the derivative of the measured data of backscattering echo relative phase versus incident angles. A representative vector model of N-point target consisting of N anisotropic point scatterers has been proposed to reveal the inherent law implied by the experimental phenomenon. Analytical arguments then demonstrate that, under certain conditions the equivalence can be found between the backward angular glint and the derivative of backscattering echo relative phase with respect to incident angles. This work is of particular value in deriving angular glint from backscattering measurement in the case of no bistatic scattering measurement capability.