optical

Optical solvers.

This package combines all optical solvers and helper functions that can create solver classes without a need to explicitly import the proper binary module.

Example

>>> import optical
>>> optical.BesselCyl('mysolver')
<optical.modal.BesselCyl at 0x42ac2b8>

Solver classes

effective.EffectiveIndex2D([name]) Calculate optical modes and optical field distribution using the effective index method in two-dimensional Cartesian space.
effective.EffectiveFrequencyCyl([name]) Calculate optical modes and optical field distribution using the effective frequency method in two-dimensional cylindrical space.
modal.Fourier2D([name]) Optical Solver using Fourier expansion in 2D.
modal.Fourier3D([name]) Optical Solver using Fourier expansion in 3D.
modal.BesselCyl([name]) Optical Solver using Bessel expansion in cylindrical coordinates.

Functions

BesselCyl([name]) Create BesselCyl solver.
EffectiveFrequencyCyl([name]) Create EffectiveFrequencyCyl solver.
EffectiveIndex2D([name]) Create EffectiveIndex2D solver.
Fourier2D([name]) Create Fourier2D solver.
Fourier3D([name]) Create Fourier3D solver.

Descriptions

Function Details

optical.BesselCyl(name='')

Create BesselCyl solver.

This function automatically loads modal submodule and creates BesselCyl class.

Parameters:name (str) – Solver name.
optical.EffectiveFrequencyCyl(name='')

Create EffectiveFrequencyCyl solver.

This function automatically loads effective submodule and creates EffectiveFrequencyCyl class.

Parameters:name (str) – Solver name.
optical.EffectiveIndex2D(name='')

Create EffectiveIndex2D solver.

This function automatically loads effective submodule and creates EffectiveIndex2D class.

Parameters:name (str) – Solver name.
optical.Fourier2D(name='')

Create Fourier2D solver.

This function automatically loads modal submodule and creates Fourier2D class.

Parameters:name (str) – Solver name.
optical.Fourier3D(name='')

Create Fourier3D solver.

This function automatically loads modal submodule and creates Fourier3D class.

Parameters:name (str) – Solver name.