API Reference

This section provides detailed API documentation for all PADO components.

Core Components

Core Components

• Light Field
  • Core Classes
• Optical Elements
  • Base Optical Element
  • Lenses
  • Diffractive Optical Elements
  • Spatial Light Modulators
  • Apertures
  • Utility Functions
• Light Propagation
  • Propagator Class
  • Utility Functions
• Optical Materials
  • Core Classes
• Mathematical Utilities
  • Constants
  • Functions

Module Overview

PADO consists of the following main modules:

1. Light Module (pado.light)

   Handles light wavefronts and their properties: - Wavefront generation and manipulation - Polarization handling - Intensity and phase calculations

2. Optical Elements (pado.optical_element)

   Defines various optical components: - Lenses and mirrors - Diffractive elements - Apertures and stops - Custom optical elements

3. Propagator (pado.propagator)

   Manages light propagation: - Angular spectrum method - Fresnel propagation - Rayleigh-Sommerfeld diffraction - Custom propagation methods

4. Materials (pado.material)

   Defines optical properties of materials: - Refractive indices - Dispersion relations - Absorption coefficients

5. Math Utilities (pado.math)

   Provides mathematical tools: - Fourier transforms - Special functions - Numerical methods - Optimization utilities