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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
24
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-12-17
pubmed:abstractText
We present an iterative method for simulating beam propagation in nonlinear media using Hamiltonian ray tracing. The Wigner distribution function of the input beam is computed at the entrance plane and is used as the initial condition for solving the Hamiltonian equations. Examples are given for the study of periodic self-focusing, spatial solitons, and Gaussian-Schell model in Kerr-effect media. Simulation results show good agreement with the split-step beam propagation method. The main advantage of ray tracing, even in the nonlinear case, is that ray diagrams are intuitive and easy to interpret in terms of traditional optical engineering terms, such as aberrations, ray-intercept plots, etc.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1539-4794
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
35
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4148-50
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Iterative nonlinear beam propagation using Hamiltonian ray tracing and Wigner distribution function.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA. gaohh87@mit.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article