opticks: Systems Engineering Tool for Optical Systems

Models and analysis tools for optics system engineering.

Current functionality includes:

• Basic optical system and output electronics sizing analysis (Field of View, Ground Sampling Distance, data rates…)

• Complex aperture definition (Circular, obscurations and more complex shapes)

• PSF and MTF computation with detailed Wavefront Error definition.

Check the source code on GitHub.

Tutorials provide information on setting up basic tasks.See also examples and how-to guides page for a few sample notebooks to carry out complex tasks.

Requirements

• NumPy and SciPy are used for the underlying mathematical algorithms

• Astropy provides units and quantity support as well as some other underlying models such as vector mechanics.

• Prysm provides advanced optical design and analysis.

• Pydantic provides data validation and settings management.

• PyYAML provides YAML read/write support.

• Portion provides interval arithmetic support.

• Matplotlib provides plotting support.

Licence

This project is Copyright (c) Egemen Imre and licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL v3+ licence.

Understanding opticks

• The Inner Workings of opticks
  • Imager Models
  • Imaging Performance Models: Sharpness and Contrast
  • Under the Hood: Miscellaneous Models

How to start using opticks

• Tutorials for Basic Tasks

How to use opticks for real world tasks

• Examples and How-To Guides
  • Basic Monochrome MWIR Imager on a Drone
  • Basic Pushbroom Imager on a Satellite (Pléiades example)
  • System MTF Budget: Satellite Example
  • Describing an Optical System with Detailed Aperture and Wavefront Error Definitions

References

• API Documentation
  • opticks