Optics Python Packages

lenses

A python lens library for manipulating deeply nested immutable structures

raysect

The main source repository for the Raysect project.

poppy

Physical Optics Propagation in Python

fdtd

A 3D electromagnetic FDTD simulator written in Python with optional GPU support

generaltmm

General 4×4 transfer-matrix method (TMM) for optical simulations of isotropic and anisotropic multilayer structures. C++ core with Python bindings.

legend-pygeom-optics

Optical properties for the LEGEND experiment and Geant4 simulations

stpsf

Space Telescope PSF Simulation Tool

axiprop

simple-to-use optical propagation tool

optiland

Comprehensive optical design, optimization, and analysis in Python, including GPU-accelerated and differentiable ray tracing via PyTorch.

slmsuite

Python package for high-performance spatial light modulator (SLM) control and holography. Supports features from aberration-corrected 3D point clouds to automated Fourier-domain calibrations.

lightpipes

LightPipes for Python, "Pure Python version"

deeptrack

DeepTrack2 is a modular Python library for generating, manipulating, and analyzing image data pipelines for machine learning and experimental imaging.

maxwellbloch

A Python package for solving the coupled Maxwell-Bloch equations describing the nonlinear propagation of near-resonant light through thermal quantised systems such as atomic vapours.

webbpsf

James Webb Space Telescope PSF simulation tool

waveorder

Wave-optical simulations and deconvolution of optical properties

clumppy

Clustering algorithms

optics-functions

Calculate various beam optics functions from TfsDataFrames

libwiser

Wiser kernel library

omc3

Python 3 codes for beam optics measurements and corrections in circular particle accelerators

torchoptics

Differentiable wave optics simulation library built on PyTorch

zospy

Wrapper around the Zemax OpticStudio API. Provides a more pythonic and intuitive way to interact with the ZOS-API through python using a .NET connection.

meent

Electromagnetic simulation (RCWA) & optimization package in Python

fdfdpy

Pure Python implementation of the finite difference frequency domain (FDFD) method for electromagnetics

spe2py

Loads Princeton Instruments LightField (SPE 3.0) files into a python environment.