Time reversing solitary waves

We present new results for the time reversal of nonlinear pulses traveling in a random medium, in particular for solitary waves. We consider long water waves propagating in the presence of a spatially random depth. Both hyperbolic and dispersive regimes are considered. We demonstrate that in the pre...

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Published in:Physical review letters 2004-03, Vol.92 (9), p.094502-094502, Article 094502
Main Authors: Fouque, Jean-Pierre, Garnier, Josselin, Muñoz Grajales, Juan Carlos, Nachbin, André
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Language:English
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Summary:We present new results for the time reversal of nonlinear pulses traveling in a random medium, in particular for solitary waves. We consider long water waves propagating in the presence of a spatially random depth. Both hyperbolic and dispersive regimes are considered. We demonstrate that in the presence of properly scaled stochastic forcing the solution to the nonlinear (shallow water) conservation law is regularized leading to a viscous shock profile. This enables time-reversal experiments beyond the critical time for shock formation. Furthermore, we present numerical experiments for the time-reversed refocusing of solitary waves in a regime where theory is not yet available. Solitary wave refocusing simulations are performed with a new Boussinesq model, both in transmission and in reflection.
ISSN:0031-9007
1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.094502