Taylor expansion and discretization errors in Gaussian beam superposition

DOI10.1016/J.WAVEMOTI.2010.02.001zbMATH Open1231.78006arXiv0908.3416OpenAlexW2098761644MaRDI QIDQ661815FDOQ661815

Mohammad Motamed, Olof Runborg

Publication date: 11 February 2012

Published in: Wave Motion (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The Gaussian beam superposition method is an asymptotic method for computing high frequency wave fields in smoothly varying inhomogeneous media. In this paper we study the accuracy of the Gaussian beam superposition method and derive error estimates related to the discretization of the superposition integral and the Taylor expansion of the phase and amplitude off the center of the beam. We show that in the case of odd order beams, the error is smaller than a simple analysis would indicate because of error cancellation effects between the beams. Since the cancellation happens only when odd order beams are used, there is no remarkable gain in using even order beams. Moreover, applying the error estimate to the problem with constant speed of propagation, we show that in this case the local beam width is not a good indicator of accuracy, and there is no direct relation between the error and the beam width. We present numerical examples to verify the error estimates.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0908.3416

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zbMATH Keywords

asymptotic approximationerror estimateswave propagationaccuracyhigh frequencyGaussian beam superposition

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric optics (78A05) Numerical methods for partial differential equations, boundary value problems (65N99)

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