Abstract: This paper concerns an inverse problem of recovering implied volatility in shortterm interest rate model from the market prices of zero-coupon bonds. Based on linearization, an analytic solution, which is given as a power series, is derived for the direct problem.By neglecting high order terms in the power series, an integral equation about the perturbation of volatility is formulated and the Tikhonov regularization method is applied to solve the integral equation. Finally numerical experiments are given and the results show that the method is effective. 

Key words: implied volatility, inverse problem, linearization