Numerical methods for the bidimensional Maxwell--Bloch equations in nonlinear crystals

DOI10.1016/j.jcp.2005.09.003zbMath1094.78005MaRDI QIDQ2489715

Antoine Bourgeade, Olivier Saut

Publication date: 28 April 2006

Published in: Journal of Computational Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2005.09.003

zbMATH Keywords

Fourier transform; Maxwell-Bloch equations; finite-difference-time-domain scheme; nonlinear optical crystal

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

82D25: Statistical mechanics of crystals

78M20: Finite difference methods applied to problems in optics and electromagnetic theory

81V80: Quantum optics

78A60: Lasers, masers, optical bistability, nonlinear optics

78A25: Electromagnetic theory (general)

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