A new fourth-order Fourier-Bessel split-step method for the extended nonlinear Schroedinger equation
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78249-0697 (United States), E-mail: Patrick.Nash@utsa.edu
Fourier split-step techniques are often used to compute soliton-like numerical solutions of the nonlinear Schroedinger equation. Here, a new fourth-order implementation of the Fourier split-step algorithm is described for problems possessing azimuthal symmetry in 3 + 1-dimensions. This implementation is based, in part, on a finite difference approximation {delta}{sub perpendicular} {sup FDA} of 1/r ({partial_derivative})/({partial_derivative}r) r({partial_derivative})/({partial_derivative}r) that possesses an associated exact unitary representation of e{sup i/2{lambda}}{sup {delta}{sub perpendicular}{sup FDA}}. The matrix elements of this unitary matrix are given by special functions known as the associated Bessel functions. Hence the attribute Fourier-Bessel for the method. The Fourier-Bessel algorithm is shown to be unitary and unconditionally stable. The Fourier-Bessel algorithm is employed to simulate the propagation of a periodic series of short laser pulses through a nonlinear medium. This numerical simulation calculates waveform intensity profiles in a sequence of planes that are transverse to the general propagation direction, and labeled by the cylindrical coordinate z. These profiles exhibit a series of isolated pulses that are offset from the time origin by characteristic times, and provide evidence for a physical effect that may be loosely termed normal mode condensation. Normal mode condensation is consistent with experimentally observed pulse filamentation into a packet of short bursts, which may occur as a result of short, intense irradiation of a medium.
- OSTI ID:
- 21028302
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Computational Physics, Vol. 227, Issue 3; Other Information: DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2007.10.012; PII: S0021-9991(07)00447-0; Copyright (c) 2007 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0021-9991
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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