Application of an Inexact-Newton Method Within the Second-Order Born Approximation to Buried Objects

The imaging of buried objects is a challenging topic in electromagnetic research. In this letter, a method previously proposed for imaging of scatterers in free-space is extended to the case of objects buried in a lossy half-space. The proposed approach is based on the solution of the underlying inverse-scattering problem within the second-order Born approximation by means of a two-step inexact-Newton algorithm. The capabilities and limitations of the method are evaluated by means of some numerical simulations. Furthermore, comparisons with the free-space approach are also reported