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	Z-scan	Metodo di Propagazione del Fascio	Differenze Finite nel Dominio del Tempo
Campo	Ottica	Ottica	Ottica
Famiglia	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Anno di origine	1990	1978	1966
Ideatore	Mansoor Sheik-Bahae, David Hagan, and Eric Van Stryland	Michael Feit and John Fleck	Kane Yee
Tipo	Measurement technique	Paraxial propagation algorithm	Finite-difference algorithm
Fonte seminale	Sheik-Bahae, M., Said, A. A., Wei, T. H., Hagan, D. J., & Van Stryland, E. W. (1990). Sensitive measurement of optical nonlinearities using a single beam. IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, 26(4), 760-769.	Feit, M. D., & Fleck, J. A. (1978). Light propagation in graded-index optical fibers. Applied Optics, 17(24), 3990-3998.	Yee, K. S. (1966). Numerical solution of initial boundary value problems involving Maxwell's equations in isotropic media. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 14(3), 302-307.
Alias	Z-scan method, nonlinear refraction measurement	BPM, paraxial approximation method	FDTD, Yee scheme
Correlati	3	3	3
Sintesi	The Z-scan technique is an experimental method for measuring nonlinear optical properties of materials, particularly third-order susceptibility and nonlinear absorption. Developed by Sheik-Bahae, Hagan, and Van Stryland in 1990, Z-scan uses a tightly focused laser beam and moves the sample along the beam propagation axis (z-axis), recording transmission variation to deduce nonlinear refraction and absorption coefficients with high sensitivity.	The Beam Propagation Method is a computational technique for simulating the propagation of optical beams through slowly varying, weakly guiding structures. Developed by Feit and Fleck in 1978, BPM exploits the paraxial approximation to reduce the full vector wave equation to a scalar or vector envelope equation, enabling efficient simulation of waveguides, integrated optics, and photonic devices.	The Finite-Difference Time-Domain method is a computational technique for solving Maxwell's equations by discretizing space and time on a grid. Introduced by Kane Yee in 1966, FDTD is a foundational approach in computational electrodynamics and optical simulation, enabling direct modeling of electromagnetic wave propagation through complex media.