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LightPipes for Python, "Pure Python version"
https://opticspy.github.io/lightpipes/
BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License
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Microwave frequencies #73

Open alberto-tf opened 1 year ago

alberto-tf commented 1 year ago

Could LightPipes be used at microvave frequencies?. I am thinking of using Lightpipes for simulating with Gaussian Beams the propagation through several mirrors in a Beam-waveguide antenna.

FredvanGoor commented 1 year ago

Yes and no. Far enough from the antenna I expect that LightPipes can be used. Near the antenna the magnetic and electric fields are more complex and cannot be described with LightPipes. Look at antenna theory and things like Fraunhofer distances.

FredvanGoor commented 1 year ago

Gaussian beams in a waveguide antenna? What is that?

alberto-tf commented 1 year ago

Take a look at the following article:

https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19940025121.pdf