Sharp uniqueness and stability of solution for an inverse source problem for the Schrödinger equation

Abstract

The manuscript is concerned with uniqueness and stability for inverse source problem of determining spatially varying factor $f(x)$ of a source term given by $R(t)f(x)$ with suitable given $R(t)$ in the right hand side of the Schrödinger equation with time independent coefficients. In order to establish these results we provide a simple proof of a logarithmic conditional stability of the Cauchy problem for the Schrödinger equation with time-independent coefficients and the zero Dirichlet boundary conditions on the whole boundary and a proof of uniqueness of solution to the Cauchy problem for the Schrödinger equation with data on an arbitrary small part of a lateral boundary. We do not assume any geometrical constraints on subboundary and a time interval is arbitrary. The key is an integral transform, with a kernel solving a null controllability problem for the 1-D Schrödinger, which changes a solution of the Schrödinger equation to a solution of an elliptic equation.