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InfiniteCylinder: Coupling vs Diameter#
This example demonstrates how to compute and visualize the coupling efficiency as a function of diameter for cylindrical scatterers using PyMieSim.

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import numpy as np
from PyMieSim.units import ureg
from PyMieSim.experiment.detector_set import PhotodiodeSet
from PyMieSim.experiment.scatterer_set import InfiniteCylinderSet
from PyMieSim.experiment.source_set import GaussianSet
from PyMieSim.experiment.polarization_set import PolarizationSet
from PyMieSim.experiment import Setup
polarization_set = PolarizationSet(
angles=[90.0] * ureg.degree,
)
source = GaussianSet(
wavelength=[100, 1200] * ureg.nanometer,
polarization=polarization_set,
optical_power=[1e-3] * ureg.watt,
numerical_aperture=[0.2],
)
scatterer = InfiniteCylinderSet(
diameter=np.linspace(100, 300, 200) * ureg.nanometer,
material=[1.4],
medium=[1.0],
)
detector = PhotodiodeSet(
numerical_aperture=[0.1],
phi_offset=[-180.0] * ureg.degree,
gamma_offset=[0.0] * ureg.degree,
sampling=[600],
polarization_filter=None,
)
experiment = Setup(scatterer_set=scatterer, source_set=source, detector_set=detector)
dataframe = experiment.get("coupling")
dataframe.plot(x="scatterer:diameter")
Total running time of the script: (0 minutes 0.312 seconds)