Diffuse field cross-correlations: scattering theory and electromagnetic experiments

Abstract

The passive estimation of impulse responses from ambient noise correlations arouses increasing interest in seismology, acoustics, optics and electromagnetism. Assuming the equipartition of the noise field, the cross-correlation function measured with non-invasive receiving probes converges towards the difference of the causal and anti-causal Green's functions. Here, we consider the case when the receiving field probes are antennas which are well coupled to a complex medium -- a scenario of practical relevance in electromagnetism. We propose a general approach based on the scattering matrix formalism to explore the convergence of the cross-correlation function. The analytically derived theoretical results for chaotic systems are confirmed in microwave measurements within a mode-stirred reverberation chamber. This study provides new fundamental insights into the Green's function retrieval technique and paves the way for a new technique to characterize electromagnetic antennas.

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