Finite-difference time-domain model of lasing action in a four-level two-electron atomic system

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 3827-3833

  Chang, Shih Hui ^a   Taflove, Allen ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HAMILTONIANS; LASER OPTICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM OPTICS; QUANTUM THEORY; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

LASERS AND LASER OPTICS; PAULI EXCLUSION PRINCIPLES; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; PUMPING DYNAMICS;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 4644308449     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.003827     Document Type: Article

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