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We consider the 3D inverse scattering problem with non-over-determined scattering data. The data are the scattering amplitude $A(\beta, \alpha_0, k)$ for all $\beta \in S_\beta^2$, where $S_\beta^2$ is an open subset of the unit sphere…
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…
A one-dimensional generalized nonlinear Schroedinger equation is considered, and the corresponding inverse scattering problem is analyzed when the potential is compactly supported and depends on the wave function. The unique recovery of the…
The infamous numerical sign problem poses a fundamental obstacle to particle-based stochastic Wigner simulations in high dimensional phase space. Although the existing particle annihilation via uniform mesh significantly alleviates the sign…
We consider an inverse spectral problem on a quantum graph associated with the square lattice. Assuming that the potentials on the edges are compactly supported and symmetric, we show that the Dirichlet-to-Neumann map for a boundary value…
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This paper is concerned with inverse crack scattering problems for time-harmonic acoustic waves. We prove that a piecewise linear crack with the sound-soft boundary condition in two dimensions can be uniquely determined by the far-field…
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We study formally determined inverse problems with passive measurements for one dimensional evolution equations where the goal is to simultaneously determine both the initial data as well as the variable coefficients in such an equation…
Consider time-harmonic electromagnetic wave scattering from a biperiodic dielectric structure mounted on a perfectly conducting plate in three dimensions. Given that uniqueness of solution holds, existence of solution follows from a…
It is proved that the scattering amplitude $A(\beta, \alpha_0, k_0)$, known for all $\beta\in S^2$, where $S^2$ is the unit sphere in $\mathbb{R}^3$, and fixed $\alpha_0\in S^2$ and $k_0>0$, determines uniquely the surface $S$ of the…
The analytic solution for the two-streams discrete ordinates equations is carried out on the spatial domain in one-dimensional spherical geometry. The solution satisfies all the physical and the geometric conditions, namely: the natural…
The main features of the statistical approach to inverse problems are described on the example of a linear model with additive noise. The approach does not use any Bayesian hypothesis regarding an unknown object; instead, the standard…
An approximate method is proposed for the recovery of a compactly supported spherically-symmetric potential from the set of fixed-energy phase-shifts known for all angular momenta. The method reduces the inverse scattering problem to a…
This thesis is concerned with problems related to Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR). The thesis is structured as follows: The first chapter explains what SAR is, and the physical and mathematical background is illuminated. The following…
Optical approaches for wavefront shaping traditionally rely on phase modulation through holographic techniques. Shaping the phase determines a wave's diffraction and hence its intensity distribution in space. We instead show that shaping…
A new solvable hyperbolic single wave potential is found by expanding the regular solution of the 1D Schr\"odinger equation in terms of square integrable basis. The main characteristic of the basis is in supporting an infinite tridiagonal…
The structure and dynamics of isolated nanosamples in free flight can be directly visualized via single-shot coherent diffractive imaging using the intense and short pulses of X-ray free-electron lasers. Wide-angle scattering images even…