Electromagnetic and Optical Pulse Propagation 2 Temporal Pulse Dynamics in Dispersive, Attenuative Media /

• Main Author: Oughstun, Kurt E. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer US, 2009.
• Series: Springer Series in Optical Sciences, 144
• Subjects: Physics.; Optics.; Electrodynamics.; Microwaves.; Optical engineering.; Optics and Electrodynamics.; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering.

Electromagnetic and Optical Pulse Propagation presents a systematic treatment of the radiation and propagation of transient electromagnetic and optical wave fields (such as those used in ultrawideband radar and communications systems as well as in ultrashort pulsed optics) through causal, locally li...

Table of Contents:

• Pulsed Electromagnetic and Optical Beam WaveFields in Temporally Dispersive Media
• Asymptotic Methods of Analysis using Advanced Saddle Point Techniques
• The Group Velocity Approximation
• Analysis of the Phase Function and Its Saddle Points
• Evolution of the Precursor Fields
• Evolution of the Signal
• Continuous Evolution of the Total Field
• Physical Interpretations of Dispersive Pulse Dynamics
• Applications.