Local one-dimensional approximation for fast simulation of Z-scan measurements with an arbitrary beam

Applied Optics

Volumn 43, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 4408-4414

  Zang, Wei Ping ^a   Tian, Jian Guo ^a   Liu, Zhi Bo ^a   Zhou, Wen Yuan ^a   Song, Feng ^a   Zhang, Chun Ping ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

ARBITRARY BEAMS; CRANK-NICOLSON ALGORITHMS; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; NONLINEAR SCHRODINGER EQUATIONS;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 4043123515     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.43.004408     Document Type: Article

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