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InfiniteCylinder: Goniometer#
This example demonstrates how to use a goniometer setup to measure and visualize the coupling efficiency as a function of angular displacement for cylindrical scatterers using PyMieSim.

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| Sellmeier Materials | Tabulated Materials |
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| fused_silica | calcium |
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| water | gold |
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| BAK1 | copper |
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| soda_lime_glass | silicon |
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| lithium_niobate | aluminium |
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| argon | iron |
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| flint | polyetylene |
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| BAF10 | sodium |
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| germanium | silver |
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| air | nickel |
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| crown | zinc |
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| SF5 | |
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| polystyren | |
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| BK7 | |
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| acetone | |
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| ZBLAN | |
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import numpy as np
from PyMieSim import (
ureg,
PhotodiodeSet,
InfiniteCylinderSet,
GaussianSet,
PolarizationSet,
Experiment,
print_available,
SellmeierMaterial,
)
print_available()
polarization_set = PolarizationSet(
angles=[30.0] * ureg.degree,
)
source = GaussianSet(
wavelength=[1200] * ureg.nanometer,
polarization=polarization_set,
optical_power=[1e-3] * ureg.watt,
numerical_aperture=[0.2],
)
scatterer = InfiniteCylinderSet(
diameter=[2000] * ureg.nanometer,
material=[SellmeierMaterial("BK7")],
medium=[1],
)
detector = PhotodiodeSet(
numerical_aperture=[0.5, 0.3, 0.1, 0.05],
phi_offset=np.linspace(-180, 180, 200) * ureg.degree,
gamma_offset=[0] * ureg.degree,
sampling=[400],
polarization_filter=None,
)
experiment = Experiment(scatterer_set=scatterer, source_set=source, detector_set=detector)
result = experiment.get("coupling")
result.plot(x="detector:phi_offset")
Total running time of the script: (0 minutes 0.390 seconds)