Focusing waves in unknown media by modified time reversal iteration

Details Focusing waves in unknown media by modified time reversal iteration Focusing waves in unknown media by modified time reversal iteration

2007-08-16

arxiv.org/abs/0708.2193v1

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Analysis of PDEs

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We study the wave equation in a bounded domain or on a compact Riemannian manifold with boundary. Assume that we are given the hyperbolic Neumann-to-Dirichlet map on the boundary corresponding to physical boundary measurements. We consider how to focus waves, that is, how to find Neumann boundary values so that at a given time the corresponding wave converges to a delta distribution $\delta_y$ while the time derivative of the wave converges to zero. Such boundary value are generated by an iterative sequence of measurements. In each iteration step we apply time reversal and other simple operators to measured data and compute boundary values for the next iteration step. The key feature of the algorithm is that it does not require knowledge of the coefficients in the wave equation, that is, the material parameters inside the media. However, we assume that the point $y$ where the wave focuses is known in travel time coordinates.

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