Geometries

This section describes the geometry modules in Optiland. Geometries define the shape of an optical surface and its position and orientation in space. Optiland provides a variety of geometry types, as well as a means to build new geometry types by subclassing either the BaseGeometry class or the NewtonRaphsonGeometry class. The former is used for geometries that can be described by a closed-form equation, while the latter is used for geometries that require a numerical solution to find the intersection point with a ray.

geometries.base	Base Geometry
geometries.biconic	Biconic Geometry
geometries.chebyshev	Chebyshev Geometry
geometries.even_asphere	Even Asphere Geometry
geometries.forbes	This package contains the mathematical basis for Forbes polynomials, adapted for the Optiland backend.
geometries.odd_asphere	Odd Asphere Geometry
geometries.newton_raphson	Newton Raphson Geometry
geometries.nurbs	This package contains the mathematical basis for NURBS, adapted for the Optiland backend.
geometries.plane	Plane Geometry
geometries.plane_grating	Plane Geometry
geometries.polynomial	Polynomial XY Geometry
geometries.standard	Standard Geometry
geometries.standard_grating	Standard Grating Geometry
geometries.toroidal	Toroidal Geometry
geometries.zernike	Zernike Geometry