Imaging in Random Waveguides III
Presenter
August 27, 2010
Keywords:
- scattering theory
- inverse problems
- image analysis
- radars and antennae
- communication theory
- information theory
- engineering applications
MSC:
- 35R30
- 35R25
- 35Rxx
- 35-xx
- 94A08
- 94A13
- 94A14
- 94Axx
- 94-xx
- 81Q37
Abstract
I will discuss the problem of imaging sources/scatterers in random waveguides using measurements of the acoustic pressure field recorded at a remote array of sensors, over some time window. By random waveguides we mean that the wave speed has rapid fluctuations, that cause wave scattering and a significant loss of coherence of the wavefield at the array. I will present an asymptotic theory of wave propagation in such waveguides developed by W. Kohler, G. Papanicolaou and J. Garnier. Then, I will explain how we have used this theory to develop robust imaging methods in random waveguides. In particular, I will present a novel incoherent imaging approach, based on a a special form of transport equations arising in the theory mentioned above, to determine in a statistically stable manner the location of sources in the waveguide and statistical information about the wave speed fluctuations.