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We identify the origin of some numerical difficulties related to causality which appear in the simulation of transport equations. Two numerical techniques are presented for the integration of models describing counter-propagating laser beams in interaction with a nonlinear medium. One, based on the characteristic method, rests on the transport properties of first-order derivatives and is able to propagate a signal in a linear non-dispersive medium without any deformation. The other, fully explicit, directly handles both first and second order derivatives. Both numerical schemes are applied to a physical example.
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Perrin, M., Gil, L. & Lippi, G. Fulfilling causality: two numerical techniques for accurately computing the propagation of independent laser beams through a nonlinear medium. Appl. Phys. B 81, 975–981 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-005-2026-8
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