Pyoptic (PYthon + OPTICs)

Pyoptic is python (scipy, matplotlib, tvtk) based optical simulation system.

• Basic information, program design page
• Ray tracing page
• Simple, Simple & General Astigmatic Laser propagation
• Diffraction propagation
• Advanced Diffraction propagation
• Optical calculations
• Simple Examples (undergraduate level)
• API Documentation
• Gemma Smith page on diffraction calculations in python

Quick details

• Dev environment (Mac OSX 10.5.7)
• python 2.5 (2.5.4)
• ipython (0.9.1)
• matplotlib (0.98.5.2)
• mayavi (3.2.0-1)

Notes/information (google code wiki)

• v1 features

Download from

code.google.com/p/pyoptic

svn checkout http://pyoptic.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ pyoptic-read-only  

References

• Zemax
• Introduction to lens design

Other codes

• Optical, thin films
• Good list of applications