Optimization of the array mirror for time reversal techniques used in a half-space environment.

Time reversal (TR) utilizes an array of transducers, a time reversal mirror (TRM), to locate sources. Here TR is applied to simple sources using steady-state waveforms in a numerical, point source model in a half-space environment. It is found that TR can effectively localize a simple source broadcasting a continuous wave, depending on the angular spacing. Furthermore, the angular spacing and the aperture of the TRM are the most important parameters when creating a setup of receivers for imaging a source. This work optimizes a TRM when the source's location is known within a region of certainty.

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