Path-integral formulation of optical beam propagation

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2512-2518

  Vatsya, Shiv R ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; INTEGRATION; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; QUANTUM THEORY;

NONLINEAR SCHRODINGER EQUATION; OPTICAL BEAM PROPAGATION; PATH-INTEGRAL PROPAGATOR; PHOTONIC BANDGAP CRYSTALS; SOLITON PROPAGATION;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

EID: 28044457214     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.22.002512     Document Type: Article

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