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In this work the Lippmann-Schwinger equation is used to model seismic waves in strongly scattering acoustic media. We consider the Helmholtz equation, which is the scalar wave equation in the frequency domain with constant density and…

Computational Physics · Physics 2021-02-24 Kjersti Solberg Eikrem , Geir Nævdal , Morten Jakobsen

Time harmonic inverse scattering using accurate forward models is often computationally expensive. On the other hand, the use of computationally efficient solvers, such as the Born approximation, may fail if the targets do not satisfy the…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-07-05 Jari P. Kaipio , Tomi Huttunen , Teemu Luostari , Timo Lähivaara , Peter B. Monk

An inverse scattering problem is formulated for reconstructing optical properties of biological tissues. A recursive linearization algorithm is used to solve the inverse scattering problem. We employed the idea of finite element boundary…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-04-30 Ying Li

We provide a simple sufficient condition for convergence of Born series in the forward problem of optical diffusion tomography. The condition does not depend on the shape or spatial extent of the inhomogeneity but only on its amplitude.

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2008-01-31 Vadim A. Markel , John C. Schotland

In 'supersingular' scattering the potential $g^2U_A(r)$ involves a variable nonlinear parameter $A$ upon the increase of which the potential also increases beyond all limits everywhere off the origin and develops a uniquely high level of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 T. Dolinszky

We consider a fixed angle inverse scattering problem in the presence of a known Riemannian metric. First, assuming a no caustics condition, we study the direct problem by utilizing the progressing wave expansion. Under a symmetry assumption…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-07-21 Shiqi Ma , Mikko Salo

We present a fast method for numerically solving the inhomogeneous Helmholtz equation. Our iterative method is based on the Born series, which we modified to achieve convergence for scattering media of arbitrary size and scattering…

Computational Physics · Physics 2016-07-14 Gerwin Osnabrugge , Saroch Leedumrongwatthanakun , Ivo M. Vellekoop

The Iterative Born Approximation (IBA) is a well-known method for describing waves scattered by semi-transparent objects. In this paper, we present a novel nonlinear inverse scattering method that combines IBA with an edge-preserving total…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2016-08-24 Ulugbek S. Kamilov , Dehong Liu , Hassan Mansour , Petros T. Boufounos

Under conditions of strong scattering, a dilemma often arises regarding the best numerical method to use. Main competitors are the Born series, the Beam Propagation Method, and direct solution of the Lippmann-Schwinger equation. However,…

Optics · Physics 2022-10-19 Subeen Pang , George Barbastathis

We study an inverse source scattering problem for the Schr\"odinger equation with a quadratic nonlinearity. In general, uniqueness of inverse source problems can not be guaranteed at a fixed energy. Therefore, additional information is…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-03-22 Lei Zhang , Yue Zhao

We study the $2 \to 2$ scattering in the regime where the wavelength of the scattered objects is comparable to their distance but is much larger than any Compton wavelength in the quantum field theory. We observe that in this regime - which…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-03-21 Miguel Correia , Giulia Isabella

This work studies the direct and inverse fixed energy scattering problem for two-dimensional Schroedinger equation with rather general nonlinear index of refraction. In particular, using the Born approximation we prove that all…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-12-02 Georgios Fotopoulos , Valery Serov

We revise contextual probability theory and the associated inverse Born problem, solved by the Quantum-Like Representation Algorithm (QLRA) in case of two discrete random variables. After pointing out the special feature and limitations of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-11-01 Stefano Bacchi , Luca Curcuraci , Giulio Gasbarri

According to the Born rule, the probability density in quantum theory is determined by the square of the wave function. A generally accepted derivation of this rule has not yet been proposed. In the given work, a simple physical picture is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-08-19 S. S. Afonin

We develop a diagrammatic theory for transport of waves in disordered media with weak nonlinearity. We first represent the solution of the nonlinear wave equation as a nonlinear Born series. From this, we construct nonlinear ladder and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Thomas Wellens , Benoit Gremaud

We perform quantitative spectral analysis on the Born equation, an integral equation for electromagnetic scattering that descends from the Maxwell equations. We establish norm bounds for the Green operator associated with the Born equation,…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-10-14 Yajun Zhou

This article is devoted to studying the inverse scattering for the fractional Schr\"{o}dinger equation, and in particular we solve the Born approximation problem. Based on the ($p$,$q$)-type resolvent estimate for the fractional Laplacian,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-09-17 Saumyajit Das , Tuhin Ghosh , Shiqi Ma

Perturbation theory is applied to one-dimensional scattering systems consisting of a general class of inhomogeneous and isotropic slabs having size $L$ described by the relative permittivity $\varepsilon(z) = 1 + \alpha \chi(z)$, where…

Optics · Physics 2022-10-19 J. A. Rebouças , P. A. Brandão

We show that an inverse scattering problem for a semilinear wave equation can be solved on a manifold having an asymptotically Minkowskian infinity, that is, scattering functionals determine the topology, differentiable structure, and the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-01-17 Spyros Alexakis , Hiroshi Isozaki , Matti Lassas , Teemu Tyni

We study the numerical approximation of the inverse scattering problem in the two-dimensional homogeneous isotropic linear elasticity with an unknown linear load given by a square matrix. For both backscattering data and fixed-angle…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-05-20 J. A. Barceló , C. Castro , M. C. Vilela