https://github.com/spacetelescope/poppy
Physical Optics Propagation in Python
https://github.com/spacetelescope/poppy
astronomy diffraction optics python
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Physical Optics Propagation in Python
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/spacetelescope/poppy
- Owner: spacetelescope
- License: bsd-3-clause
- Created: 2018-07-09T16:56:50.000Z (over 7 years ago)
- Default Branch: develop
- Last Pushed: 2025-02-17T18:48:14.000Z (8 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-04-13T22:39:25.433Z (6 months ago)
- Topics: astronomy, diffraction, optics, python
- Language: Jupyter Notebook
- Homepage: https://poppy-optics.readthedocs.io
- Size: 67.4 MB
- Stars: 235
- Watchers: 18
- Forks: 74
- Open Issues: 31
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.rst
- Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
- License: LICENSE.md
- Code of conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
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POPPY (**P**\ hysical **O**\ ptics **P**\ ropagation in **Py**\ thon) is a Python package that simulates physical optical propagation including diffraction. It implements a flexible framework for modeling Fraunhofer and Fresnel diffraction and point spread function formation, particularly in the context of astronomical telescopes.
POPPY was developed as part of a simulation package for the James Webb Space Telescope, but is more broadly applicable to many kinds of imaging simulations. It is not, however, a substitute for high fidelity optical design software such as Zemax or Code V, but rather is intended as a lightweight alternative for cases for which diffractive rather than geometric optics is the topic of interest, and which require portability between platforms or ease of scripting.
For documentation, see http://poppy-optics.readthedocs.io/
Code by Marshall Perrin, Joseph Long, Ewan Douglas, Neil Zimmerman, Anand Sivaramakrishnan, Shannon Osborne, Kyle Douglass, Maciek Grochowicz, Phillip Springer, & Ted Corcovilos, with additional contributions from Remi Soummer, Kyle Van Gorkom, Jonathan Fraine, Christine Slocum, Roman Yurchak, and others on the Astropy team.
Projects using POPPY
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POPPY provides the optical modeling framework used in:
* WebbPSF, a PSF simulator for NASA's JWST and Roman space telescopes. See https://pypi.python.org/pypi/webbpsf
* ``gpipsfs``, a PSF simulator for the Gemini Planet Imager coronagraph. See https://github.com/geminiplanetimager/gpipsfs