Comparison of the solutions from a novel variational method with numerical results for the study of beam propagation in a Kerr medium with nonlinear absorption
Optics Letters, Vol. 28, Issue 9, pp. 722-724 (2003)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.28.000722
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Abstract
We present results from a novel variational method for the study of beam propagation in a Kerr medium with nonlinear absorption. This new method combines the variational method and a nonlinear absorption equation and gives a concise expression for the combination. The results obtained with this method show good quantitative agreement with numerical solutions obtained with the finite-difference method. It is shown that the variational method takes much less time than a numerical simulation with the finite-difference method for analysis of beam propagation in a thick medium with nonlinear absorption and nonlinear refraction. The new method makes detailed analysis of beam propagation in a Kerr medium with nonlinear absorption very simple and fast.
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OCIS Codes
(190.0190) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear optics
(190.3270) Nonlinear optics : Kerr effect
(190.4180) Nonlinear optics : Multiphoton processes
(190.5940) Nonlinear optics : Self-action effects
Citation
Wei-Ping Zang, Jian-Guo Tian, Zhi-Bo Liu, Wen-Yuan Zhou, Chun-Ping Zhang, and Guang-Yin Zhang, "Comparison of the solutions from a novel variational method with numerical results for the study of beam propagation in a Kerr medium with nonlinear absorption," Opt. Lett. 28, 722-724 (2003)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-28-9-722
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