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An inverse random source problem for Maxwell’s equations. (English) Zbl 1453.78006

Summary: This paper is concerned with an inverse random source problem for the three-dimensional time-harmonic Maxwell equations. The source is assumed to be a centered complex-valued Gaussian vector field with correlated components, and its covariance operator is a pseudodifferential operator. The well-posedness of the direct source scattering problem is established, and the regularity of the electromagnetic field is given. For the inverse source scattering problem, the microcorrelation strength matrix of the covariance operator is shown to be uniquely determined by the high frequency limit of the expectation of the electric field measured in an open bounded domain disjoint with the support of the source. In particular, we show that the diagonal entries of the strength matrix can be uniquely determined by only using the amplitude of the electric field. Moreover, this result is extended to the almost surely sense by deducing an ergodic relation for the electric field over the frequencies.

MSC:

78A46 Inverse problems (including inverse scattering) in optics and electromagnetic theory
65C30 Numerical solutions to stochastic differential and integral equations

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