Iterative nonlinear beam propagation using Hamiltonian ray tracing and Wigner distribution function

• Main Authors: Zhang, Baile, Gao, Hanhong, Tian, Lei, Barbastathis, George
• Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Mathematics::Applied mathematics::Signal processing
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/95471; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/8759
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

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...