Contents | Index

• Introduction
  • About LightLike
• Getting Started
  • Installation
  • Step-by-Step Tutorial
    • Build a Simple Model
      • Create New System
      • Drag & Drop Subsystems
      • Connect Inputs and Outputs
      • Set Parameter Values
    • Setting up and Executing Parameter Studies
      • Create New Runset
      • Set Parameter Values and Stop Time
      • Set Output Recording
      • Execute Runset & View Results
    • Modify Model to use a Reusable Component
      • Create Reusable Component
      • Replace Anonymous System with Reusable
      • Execute Runset & Verify Results
• Modeling Details
  • Physical Units and Nomenclature
  • Spatial Coordinates and Direction Nomenclature
  • Discrete Mesh Specifications
  • Modeling of Optical Systems in "Object Space"
  • Sign and Phasor Conventions for Tilt, Focus, and General OPD
  • Sensor Timing and Triggering
  • Sensor Timing, CW Sources and Pulsed Sources
  • Transverse (x,y) Displacement and Motion (TransverseVelocity and Slew)
  • How Tilt is Modeled
  • Transverse Displacement and Size of Propagation Mesh
  • Transverse Displacement and Size of Phase Screens
  • Longitudinal (z) Displacement and Motion
  • Optical Propagators in LightLike
  • Choosing Mesh Settings for Optical Propagation (part 1)
  • Choosing Mesh Settings for Optical Propagation (Part 2)
  • Setting up Fresnel Propagations
  • Using the PropagationController
  • Using Atmospheric Turbulence Models
  • Atmospheric Modeling Using PropConfig
  • Using Atmospheric Thermal Blooming Models
    • Examples of using Thermal Blooming
  • Basic Sensor Modules: TargetBoard, SimpleFieldSensor and Camera
  • Sensor Modules: the Camera
  • Spatially Integrating LightLike Sensor Outputs
  • Interference of Polychromatic Fields
  • Splitting and Combining Optical Paths
  • Using Polarizers to Separate Light From Different Sources
  • Zernike Components
  • Adaptive Optics Models (Wavefront Sensors, Deformable Mirrors, Tilt Trackers)
  • How Point Sources are Modeled
  • Optically-Rough Reflectors, and Modeling of Speckle
  • How to Use Spatial Filters and Absorbing Boundaries
  • Using WaveHolder to Avoid Performing Redundant Propagations
• Example LightLike Systems
  • LightLikeStaticDemo
  • LaserModelWithoutAo
  • LaserModelWithAo
• Auxiliary Tools
  • Atmospheric Propagation Configuration Tools
    • Plots of Geometry
    • Tabbed Panel
      • General Panel
      • Geometry
      • Atmosphere
      • Screens
      • Mesh
      • Simulation
    • Tables with Computed Parameters
    • Data in a PropConfig File
    • How to Load PropConfig Data into Matlab
  • Adaptive Optics Configuration Tools
    • Coordinate System
    • Background
      • Actuator-Subaperture Geometry
      • Vector Representation of Subaperture
      • Slopes, Wavefronts and Commands
      • Reconstruction of Wavefront from slopes
      • Reconstruction of DM Commands from slopes
    • Defining AO Geometry
      • aogeom:  overview
      • aogeom:  details
    • Influence Function and Reconstructor Matrices
      • aoinf
      • isfptos
      • aorecon
      • isfptosw
      • slope2mod
      • mod2opd
    • Importing AO Configuration Data 
    • .mat Interface File Contents
    • Utility m-Files for Visualizing AO Quantities
• Important LightLike Functions
• Important LightLike Components
  • Aperture
  • Apodizer
  • AtmoPath
  • Attenuator
  • BeamSteeringMirror
  • Camera
  • CoherentRectangle
  • CoherentSource
  • CoherentTarget
  • Combiner
  • DeformableMirror
  • FixedOpdMap
  • Focus
  • FpaProcessing
  • Gain
  • GaussianCwLaser
  • GeneralAtmosphere
  • HartmannWfsDft
  • IncoherentDisk
  • IncoherentReflector
  • IncoherentSource
  • IncomingCombiner
  • IncomingSplitter
  • OpdMap
  • OutgoingCombiner
  • OutgoingSplitter
  • PartiallyCoherentReflector
  • PointSource
  • Polarizer
  • PolarizingSplitter
  • PropagationController
  • PulsedPointSource
  • SensorNoise
  • SimpleFieldSensor
  • Slew
  • Splitter
  • SquareWave
  • SumFD
  • TargetBoard
  • Telescope
  • TBAtmoPath
  • Tilt
  • TransverseVelocity
  • TurbBloomAtmosphere
  • UniformWave
  • VacuumProp
  • WaveHolder
  • ZernikeCompose
• Importing WaveTrain Simulation
  • Import WaveTrain Model
  • Import WaveTrain Runset
  • Fix Syntax Errors
  • Conversion Details
• LightLike Glossary
• References