A compact split-step finite difference method for solving the nonlinear Schrödinger equations with constant and variable coefficients

Computer Physics Communications

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-51

  Dehghan, Mehdi ^a   Taleei, Ameneh ^a  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Compact split step finite difference method (SSFD); Gross Pitaevskii equation (GP); Nonlinear Schr dinger equation (NLS); Operator splitting

Indexed keywords

COMPACT SCHEMES; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; CONSERVATION LAW; DINGER EQUATION; DISCRETIZATIONS; GROSS-PITAEVSKII EQUATION; NUMERICAL TESTS; OPERATOR-SPLITTING; SPLIT-STEP FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; THEORETICAL RESULT; VARIABLE COEFFICIENTS;

COST REDUCTION; DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; POWDERS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD;

EID: 70449631272     PISSN: 00104655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpc.2009.08.015     Document Type: Article

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