The direct and inverse scattering problem for the semilinear Schr\"odinger equation

Abstract

We study the direct and inverse scattering problem for the semilinear Schr\"{o}dinger equation $\Delta u+a(x,u)+k^2u=0$ in $\mathbb{R}^d$. We show well-posedness in the direct problem for small solutions based on the Banach fixed point theorem, and the solution has the certain asymptotic behavior at infinity. We also show the inverse problem that the semilinear function $a(x,z)$ is uniquely determined from the scattering data. The idea is certain linearization that by using sources with several parameters we differentiate the nonlinear equation with respect to these parameter in order to get the linear one.