| Abstract: | The translational characteristics of points of a continuous medium are studied for a source and receiver with fixed locations and given properties. Within the framework of geometrical optics, the energycoupling coefficient (AC) and anisotropy coefficient (AC) are introduced, which determine the size and angle distribution of the coupling channels between the source and observation region through a point of the inhomogeneous medium. The spatial structures of the AC and AC are investigated for some typical waveguides encountered in practice. The possibilities of using the AC and AC in systems for viewing and tomographic monitoring of inhomogeneous media are analyzed.Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radiofizika, Vol. 36, No. 5, pp. 443–455, May. 1993. |
