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Peijun Li

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arXiv2019

Inverse random source scattering for the Helmholtz equation with attenuation

In this paper, a new model is proposed for the inverse random source scattering problem of the Helmholtz equation with attenuation. The source is assumed to be driven by a fractional Gaussian field whose covariance is represented by a classical pseudo-differential operator. The work contains three contributions. First, the connection is established between fractional Gaussian fields and rough sources characterized by their principal symbols. Second, the direct source scattering problem is shown to be well-posed in the distribution sense. Third, we demonstrate that the micro-correlation strength of the random source can be uniquely determined by the passive measurements of the wave field in a set which is disjoint with the support of the strength function. The analysis relies on careful studies on the Green function and Fourier integrals for the Helmholtz equation.

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arXiv2019

An inverse random source problem for the time fractional diffusion equation driven by a fractional Brownian motion

This paper is concerned with the mathematical analysis of the inverse random source problem for the time fractional diffusion equation, where the source is assumed to be driven by a fractional Brownian motion. Given the random source, the direct problem is to study the stochastic time fractional diffusion equation. The inverse problem is to determine the statistical properties of the source from the expectation and variance of the final time data. For the direct problem, we show that it is well-posed and has a unique mild solution under a certain condition. For the inverse problem, the uniqueness is proved and the instability is characterized. The major ingredients of the analysis are based on the properties of the Mittag--Leffler function and the stochastic integrals associated with the fractional Brownian motion.

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arXiv2019

Elastic scattering from rough surfaces in three dimensions

Consider the elastic scattering of a plane or point incident wave by an unbounded and rigid rough surface. The angular spectrum representation (ASR) for the time-harmonic Navier equation is derived in three dimensions. The ASR is utilized as a radiation condition to the elastic rough surface scattering problem. The uniqueness is proved through a Rellich-type identity for surfaces given by uniformly Lipschitz functions. In the case of flat surfaces with a local perturbation, we deduce an equivalent variational formulation in a truncated bounded domain and show the existence results for general incoming waves. The main ingredient of the proof is the radiating behavior of the Green tensor to the first boundary value problem of the Navier equation in a half space.

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arXiv2019

An inverse acoustic-elastic interaction problem with phased or phaseless far-field data

Consider the scattering of a time-harmonic acoustic plane wave by a bounded elastic obstacle which is immersed in a homogeneous acoustic medium. This paper concerns an inverse acoustic-elastic interaction problem, which is to determine the location and shape of the elastic obstacle by using either the phased or phaseless far-field data. By introducing the Helmholtz decomposition, the model problem is reduced to a coupled boundary value problem of the Helmholtz equations. The jump relations are studied for the second derivatives of the single-layer potential in order to establish the corresponding boundary integral equations. The well-posedness is discussed for the solution of the coupled boundary integral equations. An efficient and high order Nyström-type discretization method is proposed for the integral system. A numerical method of nonlinear integral equations is developed for the inverse problem. For the case of phaseless data, we show that the modulus of the far-field pattern is invariant under a translation of the obstacle. To break the translation invariance, an elastic reference ball technique is introduced. We prove that the inverse problem with phaseless far-field pattern has a unique solution under certain conditions. In addition, a numerical method of the reference ball technique based nonlinear integral equations is also proposed for the phaseless inverse problem. Numerical experiments are provided to demonstrate the effectiveness and robustness of the proposed methods.

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arXiv2019

Convergence of an adaptive finite element DtN method for the elastic wave scattering by periodic structures

Consider the scattering of a time-harmonic elastic plane wave by a periodic rigid surface. The elastic wave propagation is governed by the two-dimensional Navier equation. Based on a Dirichlet-to-Neumann (DtN) map, a transparent boundary condition (TBC) is introduced to reduce the scattering problem into a boundary value problem in a bounded domain. By using the finite element method, the discrete problem is considered, where the TBC is replaced by the truncated DtN map. A new duality argument is developed to derive the a posteriori error estimate, which contains both the finite element approximation error and the DtN truncation error. An a posteriori error estimate based adaptive finite element algorithm is developed to solve the elastic surface scattering problem. Numerical experiments are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.

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arXiv2019

Convergence of an adaptive finite element DtN method for the elastic wave scattering problem

Consider the scattering of an elastic plane wave by a rigid obstacle, which is immersed in a homogeneous and isotropic elastic medium in two dimensions. Based on a Dirichlet-to-Neumann (DtN) operator, an exact transparent boundary condition is introduced and the scattering problem is formulated as a boundary value problem of the elastic wave equation in a bounded domain. By developing a new duality argument, an a posteriori error estimate is derived for the discrete problem by using the finite element method with the truncated DtN operator. The a posteriori error estimate consists of the finite element approximation error and the truncation error of the DtN operator which decays exponentially with respect to the truncation parameter. An adaptive finite element algorithm is proposed to solve the elastic obstacle scattering problem, where the truncation parameter is determined through the truncation error and the mesh elements for local refinements are chosen through the finite element discretization error. Numerical experiments are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.

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arXiv2018

Inverse Elastic Scattering for a Random Source

Consider the inverse random source scattering problem for the two-dimensional time-harmonic elastic wave equation with an inhomogeneous, anisotropic mass density. The source is modeled as a microlocally isotropic generalized Gaussian random function whose covariance operator is a classical pseudo-differential operator. The goal is to recover the principle symbol of the covariance operator from the displacement measured in a domain away from the source. For such a distributional source, we show that the direct problem has a unique solution by introducing an equivalent Lippmann--Schwinger integral equation. For the inverse problem, we demonstrate that, with probability one, the principle symbol of the covariance operator can be uniquely determined by the amplitude of the displacement averaged over the frequency band, generated by a single realization of the random source. The analysis employs the Born approximation, asymptotic expansions of the Green tensor, and microlocal analysis of the Fourier integral operators.

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arXiv2018

Inverse moving source problems in electrodynamics

This paper is concerned with the uniqueness on two inverse moving source problems in electrodynamics with partial boundary data. We show that (1) if the temporal source function is compactly supported, then the spatial source profile function or the orbit function can be uniquely determined by the tangential trace of the electric field measured on part of a sphere, (2) if the temporal function is given by a Dirac distribution, then the impulsive time point and the source location can be uniquely determined at four receivers on a sphere.

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arXiv2018

A Fast Solver for the Elastic Scattering of Multiple Particles

Consider the elastic scattering of a time-harmonic wave by multiple well separated rigid particles in two dimensions. To avoid using the complex Green's tensor of the elastic wave equation, we utilize the Helmholtz decomposition to convert the boundary value problem of the elastic wave equation into a coupled boundary value problem of Helmholtz equations. Based on single, double, and combined layer potentials with the simpler Green's function of the Helmholtz equation, we present three different boundary integral equations for the coupled boundary value problem. The well-posedness of the new integral equations are established. Computationally, a scattering matrix based method is proposed to evaluate the elastic wave for arbitrarily shaped particles. The method uses the local expansion for the incident wave and the multipole expansion for the scattered wave. The linear system of algebraic equations is solved by GMRES with fast multipole method (FMM) acceleration. Numerical results show that the method is fast and highly accurate for solving the elastic scattering problem with multiple particles.

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arXiv2018

Inverse obstacle scattering problem for elastic waves with phased or phaseless far-field data

This paper concerns an inverse elastic scattering problem which is to determine the location and the shape of a rigid obstacle from the phased or phaseless far-field data for a single incident plane wave. By introducing the Helmholtz decomposition, the model problem is reduced to a coupled boundary value problem of the Helmholtz equations. The relation is established between the compressional or shear far-field pattern for the elastic wave equation and the corresponding far-field pattern for the coupled Helmholtz equations. An efficient and accurate Nyström type discretization for the boundary integral equation is developed to solve the coupled system. The translation invariance of the phaseless compressional and shear far-field patterns are proved. A system of nonlinear integral equations is proposed and two iterative reconstruction methods are developed for the inverse problem. In particular, for the phaseless data, a reference ball technique is introduced to the scattering system in order to break the translation invariance. Numerical experiments are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness and robustness of the proposed method.

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arXiv2018

An Adaptive Finite Element DtN Method for Maxwell's Equations in Biperiodic Structures

Consider the diffraction of an electromagnetic plane wave by a biperiodic structure where the wave propagation is governed by the three-dimensional Maxwell equations. Based on transparent boundary condition, the grating problem is formulated into a boundary value problem in a bounded domain. Using a duality argument technique, we derive an a posteriori error estimate for the finite element method with the truncation of the nonlocal Dirichlet-to-Neumann (DtN) boundary operator. The a posteriori error consists of both the finite element approximation error and the truncation error of boundary operator which decays exponentially with respect to the truncation parameter. An adaptive finite element algorithm is developed with error controlled by the a posterior error estimate, which determines the truncation parameter through the truncation error and adjusts the mesh through the finite element approximation error. Numerical experiments are presented to demonstrate the competitive behavior of the proposed adaptive method.

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arXiv2018

Inverse random source problems for time-harmonic acoustic and elastic waves

This paper concerns the random source problems for the time-harmonic acoustic and elastic wave equations in two and three dimensions. The goal is to determine the compactly supported external force from the radiated wave field measured in a domain away from the source region. The source is assumed to be a microlocally isotropic generalized Gaussian random function such that its covariance operator is a classical pseudo-differential operator. Given such a distributional source, the direct problem is shown to have a unique solution by using an integral equation approach and the Sobolev embedding theorem. For the inverse problem, we demonstrate that the amplitude of the scattering field averaged over the frequency band, obtained from a single realization of the random source, determines uniquely the principle symbol of the covariance operator. The analysis employs asymptotic expansions of the Green functions and microlocal analysis of the Fourier integral operators associated with the Helmholtz and Navier equations.

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arXiv2018

Analysis of transient acoustic scattering by an elastic obstacle

Consider the scattering of an acoustic plane wave by a bounded elastic obstacle which is immersed in an open space filled with a homogeneous medium. This paper concerns the mathematical analysis of the coupled two- and three-dimensional acoustic-elastic wave propagation problem in the time-domain. A compressed coordinate transformation is proposed to reduce equivalently the scattering problem into an initial-boundary value problem in a bounded domain over a finite time interval. The reduced problem is shown to have a unique weak solution by using the Galerkin method. The stability estimate and an a priori estimate with explicit time dependence are obtained for the weak solution. The reduced model problem is suitable for numerical simulations. The proposed method is applicable to many other time-domain scattering problems imposed in open domains.

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arXiv2018

Inverse obstacle scattering for Maxwell's equations in an unbounded structure

This paper is concerned with analysis of electromagnetic wave scattering by an obstacle which is embedded in a two-layered lossy medium separated by an unbounded rough surface. Given a dipole point source, the direct problem is to determine the electromagnetic wave field for the given obstacle and unbounded rough surface; the inverse problem is to reconstruct simultaneously the obstacle and unbounded rough surface from the electromagnetic field measured on a plane surface above the obstacle. For the direct problem, a new boundary integral equation is proposed and its well-posedness is established. The analysis is based on the exponential decay of the dyadic Green function for Maxwell's equations in a lossy medium. For the inverse problem, the global uniqueness is proved and a local stability is discussed. A crucial step in the proof of the stability is to obtain the existence and characterization of the domain derivative of the electric field with respect to the shape of the obstacle and unbounded rough surface.

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arXiv2018

Stability for the inverse source problems in elastic and electromagnetic waves

This paper concerns the inverse source problems for the time-harmonic elastic and electromagnetic wave equations. The goal is to determine the external force and the electric current density from boundary measurements of the radiated wave field, respectively. The problems are challenging due to the ill-posedness and complex model systems. Uniqueness and stability are established for both of the inverse source problems. Based on either continuous or discrete multi-frequency data, a unified increasing stability theory is developed. The stability estimates consist of two parts: the Lipschitz type data discrepancy and the high frequency tail of the source functions. As the upper bound of frequencies increases, the latter decreases and thus becomes negligible. The increasing stability results reveal that ill-posedness of the inverse problems can be overcome by using multi-frequency data. The method is based on integral equations and analytical continuation, and requires the Dirichlet data only. The analysis employs asymptotic expansions of Green's tensors and the transparent boundary conditions by using the Dirichlet-to-Neumann maps. In addition, for the first time, the stability is established on the inverse source problems for both the Navier and Maxwell equations.

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arXiv2018

On an inverse source problem for the Biot's equations in electro-seismic imaging

Electro-seismic imaging is a novel hybrid imaging modality in geophysical exploration. This paper concerns an inverse source problem for Biot's equations that arise in electro-seismic imaging. Using the time reversal method, we derive an explicit reconstruction formula, which immediately gives the uniqueness and stability of the reconstructed solution.

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arXiv2018

Computation of Transmission Eigenvalues for Elastic Waves

The goal of this paper is to develop numerical methods computing a few smallest elasticity transmission eigenvalues, which are of practical importance in inverse scattering theory. The problem is challenging since it is nonlinear, non-self-adjoint, and of fourth order. We construct a nonlinear function whose values are generalized eigenvalues of a series of self-adjoint fourth order problems. The roots of the function are the transmission eigenvalues. Using an $H^2$-conforming finite element for the self-adjoint fourth order eigenvalue problems, we employ a secant method to compute the roots of the nonlinear function. The convergence of the proposed method is proved. In addition, a mixed finite element method is developed for the purpose of verification. Numerical examples are presented to verify the theory and demonstrate the effectiveness of the two methods.

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arXiv2017

Inverse elastic surface scattering with far-field data

A rigorous mathematical model and an efficient computational method are proposed to solving the inverse elastic surface scattering problem which arises from the near-field imaging of periodic structures. We demonstrate how an enhanced resolution can be achieved by using more easily measurable far-field data. The surface is assumed to be a small and smooth perturbation of an elastically rigid plane. By placing a rectangular slab of a homogeneous and isotropic elastic medium with larger mass density above the surface, more propagating wave modes can be utilized from the far-field data which contributes to the reconstruction resolution. Requiring only a single illumination, the method begins with the far-to-near (FtN) field data conversion and utilizes the transformed field expansion to derive an analytic solution for the direct problem, which leads to an explicit inversion formula for the inverse problem. Moreover, a nonlinear correction scheme is developed to improve the accuracy of the reconstruction. Results show that the proposed method is capable of stably reconstructing surfaces with resolution controlled by the slab's density.

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