Souriau, L.; Duchêne, B.; Lesselier, D.; Kleinman, R. E. Modified gradient approach to inverse scattering for binary objects in stratified media. (English) Zbl 0857.35137 Inverse Probl. 12, No. 4, 463-481 (1996). Summary: We are concerned herein with inverse scattering problems in stratified media and aspect-limited data configurations. In such configurations, the sources and receivers of the probing waves are located in a medium different from the one which contains the object under test. This results in a lack of information which enhances the inherent ill-posedness of the inverse problem. To make the problem more tractable, we assume that the test object is homogeneous with known constitutive parameters so that the inverse problem consists of reconstructing its shape and location. This nonlinear inverse problem is solved using the modified gradient method in which the a priori information is introduced as a binary constraint. A cooling parameter is introduced at the same time, which allows us to control the evolution of the iterative process. The effectiveness of this algorithm is studied for three different physical applications. Cited in 4 Documents MSC: 35R30 Inverse problems for PDEs 35J05 Laplace operator, Helmholtz equation (reduced wave equation), Poisson equation 78A45 Diffraction, scattering Keywords:electromagnetic or acoustic characterization of objects; measurements of the scattered field; inverse scattering problems in stratified media; modified gradient method; algorithm PDFBibTeX XMLCite \textit{L. Souriau} et al., Inverse Probl. 12, No. 4, 463--481 (1996; Zbl 0857.35137) Full Text: DOI