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Numerical Simulations of Light Bullets, Using The Full Vector, Time Dependent, Nonlinear Maxwell EquationsThis paper will present results in computational nonlinear optics. An algorithm will be described that solves the full vector nonlinear Maxwell's equations exactly without the approximations that we currently made. Present methods solve a reduced scalar wave equation, namely the nonlinear Schrodinger equation, and neglect the optical carrier. Also, results will be shown of calculations of 2-D electromagnetic nonlinear waves computed by directly integrating in time the nonlinear vector Maxwell's equations. The results will include simulations of 'light bullet' like pulses. Here diffraction and dispersion will be counteracted by nonlinear effects. The time integration efficiently implements linear and nonlinear convolutions for the electric polarization, and can take into account such quantum effects as Karr and Raman interactions. The present approach is robust and should permit modeling 2-D and 3-D optical soliton propagation, scattering, and switching directly from the full-vector Maxwell's equations.
Document ID
20020022500
Acquisition Source
Ames Research Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Goorjian, Peter M.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA United States)
Silberberg, Yaron
(Weizmann Inst. of Science Rehovot, Israel)
Kwak, Dochan
Date Acquired
August 20, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1995
Subject Category
Optics
Meeting Information
Meeting: Sixth International Symposium on Computational Fluid Dynamics
Location: Lake Tahoe, NV
Country: United States
Start Date: September 4, 1995
End Date: September 8, 1995
Sponsors: Japan Society of Computational Fluid Dynamics
Funding Number(s)
PROJECT: RTOP 505-59-53
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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