Finite Difference Beam Propagation Method
Simulation of a gaussian pulse propagated in free space through 1000 um, using finite differences.
Just run the script and you'll get a surface which is made up of the pulse propagated at 1 um steps.
REFERENCES:
R. J. Schilling and S. L. Harris, Applied numerical methods for engineers using MATLAB and C ( Cengage Learning, 1999), ISBN: 0-534-37014-4.
K. Okamoto, Fundamentals of Optical Waveguides (Academic, 2000).ISBN-13: 978-0125250955
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Edgar Guevara (2024). Finite Difference Beam Propagation Method (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/14887-finite-difference-beam-propagation-method), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .
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Inspired by: FFT Beam Propagation Method, Finite Differences Beam Propagation Method in 3-D
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