Approximate solutions to the scalar wave equation: the decomposition method
JOSA A, Vol. 15, Issue 5, pp. 1394-1400 (1998)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.15.001394
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Abstract
Exact solutions can be obtained for electromagnetic wave propagation in a medium with a simple uniform refractive-index distribution. For more-complex distributions, approximate or numerical methods have to be utilized. We describe an elegant approximation scheme called the decomposition method for nonlinear differential equations, which was introduced by Adomian [Non-linear Stochastic Systems Theory and Applications to Physics (Kluwer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 1989)]. The method is described and applied to waveguide problems (planar waveguides with step and parabolic refractive-index profiles), and the results are compared with those obtained by JWKB and modified Airy function methods.
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OCIS Codes
(000.3860) General : Mathematical methods in physics
(000.4430) General : Numerical approximation and analysis
(060.2310) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics
(350.7420) Other areas of optics : Waves
Citation
Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan and Srinivasa Varadharajan, "Approximate solutions to the scalar wave equation: the decomposition method," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 15, 1394-1400 (1998)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/josaa/abstract.cfm?URI=josaa-15-5-1394
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