Documentation

This page contains the software documentation for PyPO.

Public API Reference

The public API reference contains all public methods of PyPO. This list acts as a reference for general users and is structured in groups for a better overview.

System I/O Methods

Common Transformation Methods

Reflector Methods

Ray Trace Methods

Physical Optics Methods

Special Option Arguments

Visualisation Methods

Input Dictionary Templates & Datatypes

This section contains an overview of all dictionaries used in PyPO as input. This includes reflector dictionaries, input beam pattern dictionaries, frame dictionaries, etc. Also, the datatype classes, such as frames and PO fields, are referenced here.

Input Dictionary Reference

PyPO Datatype Reference

Full Software Documentation

This page contains the entire documented source code, including the GUI source code. It is mostly aimed towards developers wanting to work on PyPO and/or the GUI.

Full software documentation