Opticspy

python optics module

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opticspy

Opticspy is a python module for optics application. I want this for a long time. One reason is I know both optics and python, so why no develop some optics tools? The second reason is that there is not much opensource, easy-to-use optics program module(matlab has great fuctions but do not specify to optics application). I want this could be developed in to a core for a future web application for optics.

Followings are primary opticspy modules:

1. Real ray tracing and Lens Design:

2. Zernike Polynomial Methods

3. Interferometer and Testing Methods

4. Wave Propagation and Aberration Methods

5. Lens aberration, Jones matrix and gauss beam methods

There are some interesting derivative from opticspy:

1. A Zernike Polynomial GUI app based on opticspy and PyQt5

It is very easy to reuse or "wrap" opticspy module with a GUI(e.g. PyQt)

2. Zernike Surface gif show

This is the Opticspy project page

This project is hosted on github in https://github.com/Sterncat/opticspy

Installing

Use pip install (recommend)

$ pip install opticspy

Or download here

$ python2.7 setup.py install

Some trouble shooting please read troubleshooting.md

How to use

>>> import opticspy

And just have fun with it!

What I want

  • 1. After import the module and you will get some functions that can do some calculation and education in optics
  • 2. Parameters should be very flexible, and the results should be shown in visualized, intuitionistic figures.
  • 3. After development of core, I want it be dynamic web application(with Javascript)
  • 4. I even hope one day it will become a part of online optics design application, who knows?

TODO:

  • ✓ Real Ray tracing and basic lens design
  • ✓ Zernike Coefficient calculation
  • ✓ Zernike Polynomials surface(3D), map(2D), cutoff of 3D(1D), PSF
  • ✓ Zernike Polynomials Fitting Method
  • ✓ Rectangular, circle, double circle, frame, etc aperture
  • ✓ Third order ray aberration plot
  • ✓ Twyman_Green interferogram with aberration
  • ✓ Lateral Shear interferogram with aberration
  • ✓ Diffraction: generate diffraction pattern
  • ✓ Convert Zernike to Seidel coefficient
  • ✓ Seidel aberrations surface and interferogram
  • ✓ Fresnel and Fraunhofer diffraction
  • ✓ Hartmann Pattern Simulation
  • ✓ Geometric matrix calculation
  • ✓ PSF, OTF and MTF calculation
  • Rochi Test
  • Asphere fitting
  • Some freeform theory
  • More testing technology
  • Third and high order aberration calculation
  • Make it rock!

Authors and Contributors

I am Xing Fan. An optics master student now studying in the Institute of Optics, University of Rochester.

And this is my personal blog Marvin's Neverland!

Support or Contact

If you have questions and advice, or want to participate in this project, contact me at marvin.fanxing@gmail.com. I would be very happy to find some one have the same interest!

MIT License


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