Layer Stripping Approach to Reconstruct Shape Variations in Waveguides Using Locally Resonant Frequencies

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, Volume 84, Issue 1, Page 75-96, February 2024.
Abstract. This article presents a new method to reconstruct slowly varying width defects in two-dimensional waveguides using one-side section measurements at locally resonant frequencies. At these frequencies, locally resonant modes propagate in the waveguide up to a “cut-off” position. In this particular point, the local width of the waveguide can be recovered. Given multifrequency data measured on a section of the waveguide, we perform an efficient layer stripping approach to recover, section by section, the shape variations. It provides an L infinity-stable method to reconstruct the width of a slowly monotonous varying waveguide. We validate this method on numerical data and discuss its limits.