An inverse problem of ocean acoustics

Abstract: The inverse problem of finding the refraction coefficient of a shallow ocean from the observation of the extra Cauchy data for the acoustic field at the surface of the ocean is studied. Uniqueness theorem is proved and a reconstruction algorithm is obtained. Comments are given on the related results in the literature.

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The author considers the problem of recovering the refraction coefficient \(n:[0,1]\to {\mathbb R}\) in the following Schrödinger equation with a fixed positive \(k\): \[ \Delta u(x_1,x_2,z) + k^2n(z)u(x_1,x_2,z) = - {\delta(r)\over 2\pi r}\delta(z-1),\qquad (x_1,x_2)\in {\mathbb R}^2,\;z\in [0,1]. \tag{1} \] The function \(u\) is required to satisfy the boundary conditions \[ u(x_1,x_2,0)=D_zu(x_1,x_2,1)=0,\qquad (x_1,x_2)\in {\mathbb R}^2, \tag{2} \] as well as the additional condition \[ u(x_1,x_2,1)=g(x_1,x_2),\qquad (x_1,x_2)\in {\mathbb R}^2, \tag{3} \] where \(g:{\mathbb R}^2\to {\mathbb R}\) is a (measured) function, the additional information. Since the solution to (1), (2) has a cylindrical symmetry, as the author shows, the same property must, of course, be enjoyed by the datum \(g\). The author proves, by a combined use of Fourier transforms and spectral theory, that problem (1)--(3) admits at most one solution \(n\), and provides an algorithm to compute it.

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