DESCRIPTION
CoherentOptics is a freeware program for constructing optical filters and for simulating the passage of coherent light of one color and polarization at a time. This simulated propagation through an optical system, uses Fresnel optics, but no ray tracing. The magnitude and phase information of the propagating light is saved as Real and Imaginary parts of a complex number. These arrays of numbers can be saved, and manipulated in many ways. It is designed to compliment a research program involving image manipulation and holographic recognition, but seems to be useful in other ways.
WHAT'S NEW
Version 2.1.1: - A bug in the direct propagation option for Power PC has been corrected. There is an option to speed up script execution by suppressing the flash of each icon.
- This version computes in double precision "Fourier Transform" and "Direct Propagation" are multi-threaded, and should calculate much faster on an Intel Mac having multiple cores.
- The "Big Window" is now easier to use since the upper left corner is used as the origin of its coordinates.
- New script functions have been added to increase functionality.
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
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