Inverse scattering for the one-dimensional Helmholtz equation with piecewise constant wave speed

This paper analyzes inverse scattering for the one-dimensional Helmholtz equation in the case where the wave speed is piecewise constant. Scattering data recorded for an arbitrarily small interval of frequencies is shown to determine the wave speed uniquely, and a direct reconstruction algorithm is...

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Veröffentlicht in:Inverse problems 2020-07, Vol.36 (7), p.75008, Article 075008
Hauptverfasser: Bugarija, Sophia, Gibson, Peter C, Hu, Guanghui, Li, Peijun, Zhao, Yue
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:This paper analyzes inverse scattering for the one-dimensional Helmholtz equation in the case where the wave speed is piecewise constant. Scattering data recorded for an arbitrarily small interval of frequencies is shown to determine the wave speed uniquely, and a direct reconstruction algorithm is presented. The algorithm is exact provided data is recorded for a sufficiently wide range of frequencies and the jump points of the wave speed are equally spaced with respect to travel time. Numerical examples show that the algorithm works also in the general case of arbitrary wave speed (either with jumps or continuously varying etc) giving progressively more accurate approximations as the range of recorded frequencies increases. A key underlying theoretical insight is to associate scattering data to compositions of automorphisms of the unit disk, which are in turn related to orthogonal polynomials on the unit circle. The algorithm exploits the three-term recurrence of orthogonal polynomials to reduce the required computation.
ISSN:0266-5611
1361-6420
DOI:10.1088/1361-6420/ab89c4