A numerical study of time-reversed UWB electromagnetic waves in continuous random media

We investigate superresolution effects on ultrawideband (UWB) electromagnetic waves (EM) produced by time-reversal (TR) arrays in continuous random media. The investigation is done via numerical simulations employing the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method. A Gaussian random background medium is considered. We compare the effect of statistical parameters, viz. variance, and correlation length, on the focusing resolution of transmitted waves by the TR array (TRA). The effect of depolarization is also briefly considered.

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