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Radio-frequency Subwavelength Time-reversal Imaging and Focusing: A Review of Theory, Methods, and Applications

Le Boudec, Elias  
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Karami, Hamidreza  
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Rachidi, Farhad  
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2025
Progress In Electromagnetics Research

Time reversal is an established wave imaging and focusing method that has proved to be robust and compatible with super-resolution imaging and focusing, i.e., to provide images and foci with subwavelength features beyond the diffraction limit. The method has been applied to numerous wave systems. We propose a systematic review of super-resolution time reversal applied to electromagnetic waves in the radio-frequency regime. We examine the theoretical foundation, the methods and the applications of radio-frequency super-resolution time-reversal. We explain a seeming contradiction between a widely used model of resolution due to the time-reversal cavity, and a common approach of Fourier optics highlighting the significance of evanescent waves for super-resolution. We also present an application of one of the algorithms of time-reversal imaging (known as TR-MUSIC) to measurements in a highly reflective environment, such as a resonant cavity. Finally, we outline open questions and applications.

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DOI
10.2528/PIER25071806
Author(s)
Le Boudec, Elias  

EPFL

Karami, Hamidreza  

EPFL

Rachidi, Farhad  

EPFL

Rubinstein, Marcos  

EPFL

Vega, Felix

Technology Innovation Institute

Date Issued

2025

Publisher

The Electromagnetic Academy

Published in
Progress In Electromagnetics Research
Volume

184

Start page

43

End page

61

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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EPFL

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SCI-STI-FR  
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December 24, 2025
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/257295
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