A Maxwell-Bloch model with discrete symmetries for wave propagation in nonlinear crystals: an application to KDP

Christophe Besse; Brigitte Bidégaray-Fesquet; Antoine Bourgeade; Pierre Degond; Olivier Saut

ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis (2010)

  • Volume: 38, Issue: 2, page 321-344
  • ISSN: 0764-583X

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This article presents the derivation of a semi-classical model of electromagnetic-wave propagation in a non centro-symmetric crystal. It consists of Maxwell's equations for the wave field coupled with a version of Bloch's equations which takes fully into account the discrete symmetry group of the crystal. The model is specialized in the case of a KDP crystal for which information about the dipolar moments at the Bloch level can be recovered from the macroscopic dispersion properties of the material.

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Besse, Christophe, et al. "A Maxwell-Bloch model with discrete symmetries for wave propagation in nonlinear crystals: an application to KDP." ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis 38.2 (2010): 321-344. <http://eudml.org/doc/194216>.

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