C/C++ Ricker Wavelets Code

Ricker Wavelets are zero-phase wavelets with a central peak and two smaller side lobes. A Ricker Wavelets can be uniquely specified with only a single parameter “f”. It’s peak frequency as seen on the wavelet spectrum. Ricker Wavelets Equation is :

After searching in internet, I get Matlab code for this Ricker Wavelets and convert that Ricker Wavelets to C code. This is my C/C++ Ricker Wavelets Code (save code as rickerwavelets.c) :

/*
 * rickerwavelet.c
 *
 *  Created on: May 25, 2011
 *      Author: toto
 */

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <math.h>
float *rickerwavelet(float fpeak, float dt, int *nwricker);
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
	int i;
	float dt;
	float fpeak;

	float *wricker=NULL;
	int nwricker;

	fpeak = atof(argv[1]);
	dt = atof(argv[2]);

	wricker = rickerwavelet(fpeak, dt, &nwricker);

	/* show value of ricker wavelets */
	for (i=0; i<nwricker; i++)
		printf("%i. %3.5f \n", i, wricker[i]);

	free(wricker);
	return(1);
}

/* ricker wavelet function, return an array ricker wavelets */
float *rickerwavelet(float fpeak, float dt, int *nwricker)
{
	int i, k;
	int nw;
	int nc;
	float pi;
	float nw1, alpha, beta;
	float *wricker=NULL;

	pi = 3.141592653589793;
	nw1 = 2.2/fpeak/dt;
	nw = 2*floor(nw1/2)+1;
	nc = floor(nw/2);

	wricker = (float*) calloc (nw, sizeof(float));
	for (i=0; i<nw; i++)
	{
		k = i+1;
		alpha = (nc-k+1)*fpeak*dt*pi;
		beta = pow(alpha, 2.0);
		wricker[i] = (1 - (beta*2)) * exp(-beta);
	}

	(*nwricker) = nw;
	return(wricker);
}

Compile this C/C++ Ricker Wavelets code with command :

gcc rickerwavelets.c -lm -o rickerwavelets

Running this program with command :

rickerwavelets fpeak_value dt_value  –> example : rickerwavelets 1.0 0.05

This is sample output data from Ricker Wavelet Code and plot data in Matlab: