A logging radar system and method for measuring propped fractures and
down-hole formation conditions in a subterranean formation including: a
radar source; an optical source; an optical modulator for modulating an
optical signal from the optical source according to a signal from the
radar source; a photodiode for converting the modulated optical signal
output from the optical modulator to the source radar signal; a
transmitter and receiver unit; and a mixer. The transmitter and receiver
unit receives the source radar signal from the photodiode, transmits the
source radar signal into the formation and receives a reflected radar
signal. The mixer mixes the reflected radar signal with the source radar
signal to provide an output. This technology can be used to describe all
fractures connected to the wellbore and differentiate between the
dimensions of the two vertical wings of a propped fracture.