Far field patterns and inverse scattering problems for imperfectly conducting obstacles

1989 ◽  
Vol 106 (3) ◽  
pp. 553-569 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. S. Angell ◽  
David Colton ◽  
Rainer Kress
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Condition ◽  
Inverse Scattering ◽  
Scattering Problem ◽  
Plane Waves ◽  
Inverse Scattering Problem ◽  
Impedance Boundary Condition ◽  
Far Field ◽  
Scattering Problems ◽  
Impedance Boundary ◽  
Field Patterns

AbstractWe first examine the class of far field patterns for the scalar Helmholtz equation in ℝ2 corresponding to incident time harmonic plane waves subject to an impedance boundary condition where the impedance is piecewise constant with respect to the incident direction and continuous with respect to x ε ∂ D where ∂ D is the scattering obstacle. We then examine the class of far field patterns for Maxwell's equations in subject to an impedance boundary condition with constant impedance. The results obtained are used to derive optimization algorithms for solving the inverse scattering problem.

Far field patterns and the inverse scattering problem for electromagnetic waves in an inhomogeneous medium

1988 ◽  
Vol 103 (3) ◽  
pp. 561-575 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Colton ◽  
Lassi Päivärinta
Keyword(s):  
Inhomogeneous Medium ◽  
Inverse Scattering ◽  
Integral Identity ◽  
Electromagnetic Waves ◽  
Scattering Problem ◽  
Plane Waves ◽  
Inverse Scattering Problem ◽  
Optimal Solution ◽  
Far Field ◽  
Field Patterns

AbstractWe consider the scattering of time harmonic electromagnetic waves by an inhomogeneous medium of compact support. It is first shown that the set of far field patterns of the electric fields corresponding to incident plane waves propagating in arbitrary directions is complete in the space of square-integrable tangential vector fields defined on the unit sphere. We then show that under certain conditions the electric far field patterns satisfy an integral identity involving the unique solution of a new class of boundary value problems for Maxwell's equations called the interior transmission problem for electromagnetic waves. Finally, it is indicated how this integral identity can be used to formulate an optimization scheme yielding an optimal solution of the inverse scattering problem for electromagnetic waves.

scholarly journals The Mathematical Basis of the Inverse Scattering Problem for Cracks from Near-Field Data

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Yao Mao ◽  
Yongguang Chen ◽  
Jun Guo
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Condition ◽  
Inverse Scattering ◽  
Surface Impedance ◽  
Near Field ◽  
Scattering Problem ◽  
Acoustic Scattering ◽  
Inverse Scattering Problem ◽  
Impedance Boundary Condition ◽  
Mathematical Basis ◽  
Impedance Boundary

We consider the acoustic scattering problem from a crack which has Dirichlet boundary condition on one side and impedance boundary condition on the other side. The inverse scattering problem in this paper tries to determine the shape of the crack and the surface impedance coefficient from the near-field measurements of the scattered waves, while the source point is placed on a closed curve. We firstly establish a near-field operator and focus on the operator’s mathematical analysis. Secondly, we obtain a uniqueness theorem for the shape and surface impedance. Finally, by using the operator’s properties and modified linear sampling method, we reconstruct the shape and surface impedance.

scholarly journals Multilayered Scattering Problem with Generalized Impedance Boundary Condition on the Core

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Guo ◽  
Guozheng Yan ◽  
Mingjian Cai
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Condition ◽  
Scattering Problem ◽  
Plane Waves ◽  
Homogeneous Medium ◽  
Uniqueness Result ◽  
Boundary Integral ◽  
Boundary Integral Method ◽  
Impedance Boundary Condition ◽  
Mathematical Basis ◽  
Impedance Boundary

This paper is concerned with the scattering problem of time-harmonic acoustic plane waves by an impenetrable obstacle buried in a piecewise homogeneous medium. The so-called generalized impedance boundary condition is imposed on the boundary of the obstacle. Firstly, the well posedness of the solution to the direct scattering problem is established by using the boundary integral method. Then a uniqueness result for the inverse scattering problem is proved; that is, both of the obstacle’s shape and the impedances (μ,λ) can be uniquely determined from far field measurements. Furthermore, a mathematical basis is given to reconstruct the shape of the obstacle by using a modified linear sampling method.

Dense sets and far field patterns for acoustic waves in an inhomogeneous medium

1988 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 401-407 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Colton
Keyword(s):  
Inhomogeneous Medium ◽  
Inverse Scattering ◽  
Acoustic Waves ◽  
Scattering Problem ◽  
Plane Waves ◽  
Related Result ◽  
Wave Number ◽  
Far Field ◽  
Field Patterns ◽  
Time Harmonic

In this paper, we shall obtain two results on the class of far field patterns corresponding to the scattering of time harmonic acoustic plane waves by an inhomogeneous medium of compact support. Although the problem of characterizing the class of far field patterns is of basic importance in inverse scattering theory, very little is known about this class other than the fact that the far field patterns are entire functions of their independent (complex) variables for each positive fixed value of the wave number. In particular, the class of far field patterns is not all of L2(∂Ω) where ∂Ω is the unit sphere and this implies that the inverse scattering problem is improperly posed since the far field patterns are, in practice, determined from inexact measurements. The purpose of this paper is to show that while the class of far field patterns corresponding to the scattering of time harmonic plane waves by an inhomogeneous medium is not all of L2(∂Ω), it is dense in L2(∂Ω) for sufficiently small values of the wave number. In addition, a related result will be obtained for a special translation of the class of far field patterns. Analogous results for the scattering of time harmonic acoustic waves by a homogeneous scattering obstacle have recently been obtained by Colton [1], Colton and Kirsch [2], Colton and Monk [3, 4] and Kirsch [8].

scholarly journals NDF and PSF Analysis in Inverse Source and Scattering Problems for Circumference Geometries

Electronics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (17) ◽  
pp. 2157
Author(s):  
Ehsan Akbari Sekehravani ◽  
Giovanni Leone ◽  
Rocco Pierri
Keyword(s):  
Closed Form ◽  
Inverse Scattering ◽  
Scattering Problem ◽  
Plane Waves ◽  
Inverse Scattering Problem ◽  
Scalar Case ◽  
Far Field ◽  
Numerical Application ◽  
Approximation Accuracy ◽  
Form Evaluation

This paper aims at discussing the resolution achievable in the reconstruction of both circumference sources from their radiated far-field and circumference scatterers from their scattered far-field observed for the 2D scalar case. The investigation is based on an inverse problem approach, requiring the analysis of the spectral decomposition of the pertinent linear operator by the Singular Value Decomposition (SVD). The attention is focused upon the evaluation of the Number of Degrees of Freedom (NDF), connected to singular values behavior, and of the Point Spread Function (PSF), which accounts for the reconstruction of a point-like unknown and depends on both the NDF and on the singular functions. A closed-form evaluation of the PSF relevant to the inverse source problem is first provided. In addition, an approximated closed-form evaluation is introduced and compared with the exact one. This is important for the subsequent evaluation of the PSF relevant to the inverse scattering problem, which is based on a similar approximation. In this case, the approximation accuracy of the PSF is verified at least in its main lobe region by numerical simulation since it is the most critical one as far as the resolution discussion is concerned. The main result of the analysis is the space invariance of the PSF when the observation is the full angle in the far-zone region, showing that resolution remains unchanged over the entire source/investigation domain in the considered geometries. The paper also poses the problem of identifying the minimum number and the optimal directions of the impinging plane waves in the inverse scattering problem to achieve the full NDF; some numerical results about it are presented. Finally, a numerical application of the PSF concept is performed in inverse scattering, and its relevance in the presence of noisy data is outlined.

Uniqueness and stability of the recovery of an absorbing obstacle from a knowledge of its scattering resonances

2000 ◽  
Vol 130 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-80
Author(s):  
C. Labreuche
Keyword(s):  
A Priori ◽  
Scattering Problem ◽  
Inverse Scattering Problem ◽  
Large Error ◽  
Small Error ◽  
Compact Set ◽  
Far Field ◽  
Scattering Problems ◽  
Resonant Frequencies ◽  
Ill Posed

In a previous paper, I investigated the use (for the inverse scattering problem) of the resonant frequencies and the associated eigen far-fields. I showed that the shape of a sound soft obstacle is uniquely determined by a knowledge of one resonant frequency and one associated eigen far-field. Inverse obstacle scattering problems are ill-posed in the sense that a small error in the measurement may imply a large error in the reconstruction. This is contrary to the idea of continuity. I proved that, by adding some a priori information, the reconstruction becomes continuous. More precisely, continuity holds if we assume that the obstacle lies a fixed and known compact set.The goal of this paper is to extend these results to the case of absorbing obstacles.

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