Title: Virtual plane-wave imaging via Marchenko redatuming,
Abstract: Marchenko redatuming is a novel scheme used to retrieve up- and down-going
Green's functions in an unknown medium. Marchenko equations are based on
reciprocity theorems and are derived on the assumption of the existence of so
called focusing functions, i.e. functions which exhibit time-space focusing
properties once injected in the subsurface. In contrast to interferometry but
similarly to standard migration methods, Marchenko redatuming only requires an
estimate of the direct wave from the virtual source (or to the virtual
receiver), illumination from only one side of the medium, and no physical
sources (or receivers) inside the medium. In this contribution we consider a
different time-focusing condition within the frame of Marchenko redatuming and
show how this can lead to the retrieval of virtual plane-wave responses, thus
allowing multiple-free imaging using only a 1 dimensional sampling of the
targeted model. The potential of the new method is demonstrated on a 2D
synthetic model.