Inverse-scattering theory within the Rytov approximation

1981/08/01 by Anthony J. Devaney · 7 citations
Physics and Astronomy · Engineering · #Digital Holography and Microscopy #Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques #Near-Field Optical Microscopy

paper · doi:10.1364/ol.6.000374

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Abstract

A method for determining the internal structure of a localized scattering potential from field measurements performed outside the scattering volume is developed by using the Rytov approximation. The theory is compared with the inverse-scattering method within the Born and eikonal approximations and found to reduce to these methods in the weak-scattering (Born) and very-short-wavelength (eikonal) limits.

Citations

• Accuracy and Validity of the Born and Rytov Approximations*

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