Quick Parameter Reference#
The table below gives an overview of the Fabry-Perot cavity parameters used
by cavcalc
, with details on their names (e.g. for providing them as **kwargs
to calculate()
or as CLI options), corresponding ParameterType
and
ParameterCategory
literals, and whether they can be used as arguments and / or targets.
Name | ParameterType | ParameterCategory | Argument? | Target? |
---|---|---|---|---|
div | DIVERGENCE |
Angle |
✓ | ✓ |
w | BEAMSIZE |
BeamRadius |
✓ | ✓ |
w1 | BEAMSIZE_M1 |
BeamRadius |
✓ | ✓ |
w2 | BEAMSIZE_M2 |
BeamRadius |
✓ | ✓ |
w0 | WAISTSIZE |
BeamRadius |
✗ | ✓ |
Rc | ROC |
Curvature |
✓ | ✓ |
Rc1 | ROC_M1 |
Curvature |
✓ | ✓ |
Rc2 | ROC_M2 |
Curvature |
✓ | ✓ |
L | CAV_LENGTH |
Distance |
✓ | ✗ |
z0 | WAISTPOS |
Distance |
✗ | ✓ |
FSR | FSR |
Frequency |
✗ | ✓ |
FWHM | FWHM |
Frequency |
✗ | ✓ |
modesep | MODESEP |
Frequency |
✗ | ✓ |
pole | POLE |
Frequency |
✗ | ✓ |
gouy | GOUY |
Phase |
✓ | ✓ |
finesse | FINESSE |
Power |
✗ | ✓ |
L1 | LOSS_M1 |
Power |
✓ | ✗ |
L2 | LOSS_M2 |
Power |
✓ | ✗ |
R1 | REFLECTIVITY_M1 |
Power |
✓ | ✓ |
R2 | REFLECTIVITY_M2 |
Power |
✓ | ✓ |
Aint | RES_ENHANCE_INTERNAL |
Power |
✗ | ✓ |
Aext | RES_ENHANCE_EXTERNAL |
Power |
✗ | ✓ |
Atrn | TRANSMISSION_INTENSITY_FRAC |
Power |
✗ | ✓ |
T1 | TRANSMISSION_M1 |
Power |
✓ | ✓ |
T2 | TRANSMISSION_M2 |
Power |
✓ | ✓ |
g | CAV_GFACTOR |
Stability |
✓ | ✓ |
g1 | GFACTOR_M1 |
Stability |
✓ | ✓ |
g2 | GFACTOR_M2 |
Stability |
✓ | ✓ |
gs | GFACTOR_SINGLE |
Stability |
✓ | ✓ |
wl | WAVELENGTH |
Wave |
✓ | ✓ |