Comparisons of finite difference beam propagation methods for modeling second-order nonlinear effects

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1481-1486

  Chou, Hsu Feng ^a   Lin, Ching Fuh ^a   Mou, Shing ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; ITERATIVE METHODS; LITHIUM NIOBATE; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION;

FINITE DIFFERENCE BEAM PROPAGATION METHODS; QUASIPHASE MATCHING; SECOND ORDER NONLINEAR EFFECTS; SPLIT STEP BEAM PROPAGATION METHOD;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 0033357372     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.779171     Document Type: Article

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