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Defaults

Logical Parent

Read-only.  Specifies the source's parent node on the tree.

Optical Sources

Name

Name of the source as it will appear on the tree view.

Plane Wave (incoherent) N

Description

Description string that will be visible on the tree view.

Parameter Attributes

0

Total power of the source specified in units of Watts.

1.0

1

Total number of random ray positions to be generated within the specified source aperture.

42

2

Semi-aperture of the source in the X dimension.

0.5

3

Semi-aperture of the source in the Y dimension.

0.5

4

Shape of the aperture, specified as either Ellipse/Circle or Rectangle/Square.

Ellipse/Circle

5

Direction cosine vector specifying the plane wave direction.  This vector can be entered using the Vector Entry Control interface.

0,0,1

Wavelength Attributes

Single, List or Random according to spectrum

When the Single wavelength option is selected, N random rays will be generated at the specified wavelength.  N is the value specified by parameter 1.

When the List wavelength option is selected, N random rays will be generated at each of the active wavelengths with non-zero weights specified in the wavelength list.  N is the value specified by parameter 1.

When the Random according to spectrum option is selected, N random rays will be generated and each ray will have a unique wavelength whose value is selected by using the designated spectrum as a probability distribution.

Single at the default wavelength

Source Draw Color

If the Single or Random according to spectrum wavelength option is selected, this setting controls the ray position and trajectory draw colors.

If the List wavelength option is selected, this setting only controls the ray position draw color. Ray trajectory draw color is controlled by the color specifications in the wavelength List for each wavelength.

Polarization

Polarization

If checked, polarization data for the rays is maintained and stored.

Unchecked

Handedness

Sets the handedness of the polarization state (relevant for non-linear polarization states).  If the ray is propagating towards you, the electric field vector rotates in a clockwise direction for Right handedness and counter-clockwise for Left handedness.

Note that for linear polarization, the application of Left or Right handedness is arbitrary. The user may find that the UI display switches handedness depending on the angle of the linear polarization state entered, but this will have no impact on the resulting representation of the linear state.

Right

Ellipticity

Sets the ellipticity of the polarization state, 0 represents linear polarization and 1 represents circular.

0

Angle

Sets the angle of the polarization relative to the X axis.

90

OK

Accept settings and close dialog box.

Cancel

Discard settings and close dialog box.

Apply

Accept settings and keep dialog box open.

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