Recreate Picture in Latex

I am trying to recreate the image below in Latex. I have used the tikzpicture environment to plot the straight lines on an axis. However the curves are proving difficult. Does anyone have any ideas on what would be the best way to draw the curves.

Thanks

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Would be nice if you showed the code you already have, so people don't have to create the example from scratch. – Torbjørn T. Feb 20 '14 at 8:24
If you're interested in TikZ-based version, it definitely worth a look to the expanding waves decoration. – Claudio Fiandrino Feb 20 '14 at 8:30
It looks much easier to use vector graphics editor like Inkscape(inkscape.org/en). – user46542 Feb 20 '14 at 9:50

A suggestion:

\documentclass[tikz]{standalone}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\pgfmathsetmacro\rayangle{45}
\foreach \x in {0.5,1,...,3} {
\draw  (\x,0) -- (\x,4);
\draw  (3,2) ++(\rayangle:\x) arc[start angle=\rayangle,delta angle=-2*\rayangle,radius=\x];
}
\draw [gray,ultra thick,xshift=0.5\pgflinewidth] (3,0) -- (3,1.8) (3,2.2) -- (3,4);
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}


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more compact perhaps ? \foreach \i in {1,...,5} {% \draw (3,2) ++(30:\i*0.5) arc[start angle=30,delta angle=-2*30,radius=\i*0.5]; \draw (\i*0.5,0) -- (\i*0.5,4); } – Alain Matthes Feb 20 '14 at 9:02

One approach could be to use the library decorations.pathreplacing from »PGF/TikZ« and draw a decorated path as expanding waves with specifications for angle and segment length.

\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{decorations.pathreplacing}

\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[
decoration={
expanding waves,
angle=45,
segment length=0.5cm
}
]
\foreach \x in {-3.5,-3  .0,...,-0.5}
\draw (\x,-2) -- (\x,2);
\draw [ultra thick] (0,-2) -- (0,-0.2) (0,0.2) -- (0,2);
\draw[decorate] (0,0) -- (2.5,0);
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}


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beat me by few seconds. :) – Harish Kumar Feb 20 '14 at 8:58