Fast beam propagation method for the analysis of second-order nonlinear phenomena

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 543-545

  Capobianco, Antonio Daniele ^a   Brillo, Daniele ^a   De Angelis, Costantino ^a   Nalesso, Gianfranco ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b IEEE

Author keywords

Communication system nonlinearities; Nonlinear wave propagation; Optical propagation in nonlinear media; Optical solitons; Simulation software

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; SOLITONS;

BEAM PROPAGATION METHOD (BPM);

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

EID: 3643131282     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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