Time-domain simulations of the nonlinear Maxwell equations using operator-exponential methods

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 475-483

  Pototschnig, Martin ^a,b   Niegemann, Jens ^a   Tkeshelashvili, Lasha ^a   Busch, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Finite difference time domain (FDTD) methods; Numerical analysis; Optical Kerr effect

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; EXPONENTIAL METHODS; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN (FDTD) METHODS; NON LINEARITIES; NON-LINEAR POLARIZATIONS; NONLINEAR COUPLED SYSTEMS; NONLINEAR MAXWELL EQUATIONS; PHYSICAL SYSTEMS; REFERENCE SOLUTIONS; SELF-STEEPENING; TIME-DOMAIN SIMULATIONS;

CONTROL NONLINEARITIES; DYNAMICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; KERR MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECT; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

OPTICAL KERR EFFECT;

EID: 65249088427     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2008.2011181     Document Type: Article

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