Numerical solution of the time-dependent Maxwell’s equations for random dielectric media
- 1 December 2000
- journal article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review E
- Vol. 62 (6) , 8705-8712
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.62.8705
Abstract
We discuss how a spectral-domain method in combination with a split-operator technique can be used to calculate exact solutions of the time-dependent Maxwell’s equations. We apply this technique to study the tunneling signal of an evanescent wave occurring due to frustrated total internal reflection and the propagation of a light pulse through an inhomogeneous medium consisting of multiple random scatterers.Keywords
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