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We present a new mathematical framework for incorporating partial coherence effects into wave optics simulations through a comprehensive surface-to-detector approach. Unlike traditional ensemble averaging methods, our dual-component…

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WavePacket is an open-source program package for the numerical simulation of quantum-mechanical dynamics. It can be used to solve time-independent or time-dependent linear Schr\"odinger and Liouville-von Neumann-equations in one or more…

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To reduce and analyze astronomical images, astronomers can rely on a wide range of libraries providing low-level implementations of legacy algorithms. However, combining these routines into robust and functional pipelines requires a major…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-11-17 Lionel J. Garcia , Mathilde Timmermans , Francisco J. Pozuelos , Elsa Ducrot , Michaël Gillon , Laetitia Delrez , Robert D. Wells , Emmanuël Jehin

Improvements in X-ray optics critically depend on the measurement of their optical performance. The knowledge of wavefront aberrations, for example, can be used to improve the fabrication of optical elements or to design phase correctors to…

In this article, we compare a set of Wave Front Sensors (WFS) based on Fourier filtering technique. In particular, this study explores the "class of pyramidal WFS" defined as the 4 faces pyramid WFS, all its recent variations (6, 8 faces,…

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Object detection in adverse weather is critical for the safety of autonomous vehicles; however, the scarcity of labelled, real-world foggy data remains a significant bottleneck. In this paper, we propose Clear2Fog (C2F), an end-to-end,…

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In turbid media, scattering of light scrambles information of the incident beam and represents an obstacle to optical imaging. Noninvasive imaging through opaque layers is challenging for dynamic and wide-field objects due to unreliable…

Optics · Physics 2018-10-17 Yuan Yuan , Hui Chen

The Python colorspace package provides a toolbox for mapping between different color spaces which can then be used to generate a wide range of perceptually-based color palettes for qualitative or quantitative (sequential or diverging)…

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\textsc{Pykat} is a Python package which extends the popular optical interferometer modelling software \textsc{Finesse}. It provides a more modern and efficient user interface for conducting complex numerical simulations, as well as…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-16 Daniel D. Brown , Philip Jones , Samuel Rowlinson , Andreas Freise , Sean Leavey , Anna C. Green , Daniel Toyra

AOSAT is a python package for the analysis of single-conjugate adaptive optics (SCAO) simulation results. Python is widely used in the astronomical community these days, and AOSAT may be used stand-alone, integrated into a simulation…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-08 Markus Feldt , Stefan Hippler , Faustine Cantalloube , Thomas Bertram , Andreas Obereder , Horst Steuer , Olivier Absil , Miska Le Louarn

Despite image reconstruction becoming more widespread when interpreting OIFITS Data, model fitting in u,v space often remains the best way to interpret data, either because of the sparsity of the data, or because a quantitative measurement…

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Optical logic gates are fundamental blocks of optical computing to accelerate information processing. While significant progress has been achieved in recent years, existing implementations typically rely on dedicated structures that are…

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Deep astronomical images are often constructed by digitially stacking many individual sub-exposures. Each sub-exposure is expected to show small differences in the positions of stars and other objects in the field, due to the movement of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-22 Carter Lee Rhea , Pieter Van Dokkum , Steven R. Janssens , Imad Pasha , Roberto Abraham , William P Bowman , Deborah Lokhorst , Seery Chen

We developed a Python based framework for astronomical image processing and analysis. Astronomical image loading, normalizing, stacking, and filtering processes represent visible range images from grayscale. Besides, the blending process…

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X-ray astronomy is an important tool in the astrophysicist's toolkit to investigate high-energy astrophysical phenomena. Theoretical numerical simulations of astrophysical sources are fully three-dimensional representations of physical…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-02-18 John A. ZuHone , Veronica Biffi , Eric J. Hallman , Scott W. Randall , Adam R. Foster , Christian Schmid

We present a new software pipeline -- PyMorph -- for automated estimation of structural parameters of galaxies. Both parametric fits through a two dimensional bulge disk decomposition as well as structural parameter measurements like…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Vinu Vikram , Yogesh Wadadekar , Ajit K. Kembhavi , G. V. Vijayagovindan

In non-linear systems, where explicit analytic solutions usually can't be found, visualisation is a powerful approach which can give insights into the dynamical behaviour of models; it is also crucial for teaching this area of mathematics.…

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This paper presents an integrated modeling software to analyze the PSF of wide-field telescopes affected by misalignments. Even relatively small misalignments in the optical system of a telescope can significantly deteriorate the image…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-14 Salvatore Savarese , Pietro Schipani , Giulio Capasso , Mirko Colapietro , Sergio D'Orsi , Marcella Iuzzolino , Laurent Marty , Francesco Perrotta , Giacomo Basile

With its high sensitivity, the Pyramid wavefront sensor (PyWFS) is becoming an advantageous sensor for astronomical adaptive optics (AO) systems. However, this sensor exhibits significant non-linear behaviours leading to challenging AO…

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