bnlcrl 20161108.182933

CRL simulator

### bnlcrl

Simulator of the compound refractive lenses (CRL).

Learn more at https://github.com/mrakitin/bnlcrl.

Documentation: http://bnlcrl.readthedocs.org/en/latest/

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The code is written in Python, tested to be working under Linux and Windows with Python 2.7/3.5. There is no required NumPy dependency, but it still can be used for operations with matrices, etc. (see the `Usage` section below).

Determine Delta/Attenuation length:
-
To create a `.dat` file with the refractive index decrement or the attenuation length, use the following commands respectively:
```bash
bnlcrl simulate find-delta --characteristic delta -f Al -o Al_delta.dat 30
```

```bash
bnlcrl simulate find-delta --characteristic atten -f Al -o Al_atten.dat 30
```

Usage:
-
```
$ bnlcrl simulate find-delta -h
usage: bnlcrl simulate find-delta [-h] [--calc-delta]
[--characteristic {atten,delta}]
[-d DATA_FILE] [--e-max E_MAX]
[--e-min E_MIN] [--e-step E_STEP]
[-f FORMULA] [-n N_POINTS] [-o OUTFILE] [-p]
[-u] [-v]
energy

Determine the Index of Refraction (delta).

The index of refraction can be defined by three different methods/approaches:

1) Get delta for the closest energy from the saved *.dat files (see ``bnlcrl/package_data/dat/``).

2) Get delta from http://henke.lbl.gov/optical_constants/getdb2.html.

3) Calculate delta analytically (requires ``periodictable`` package installed).

Args:
calc_delta (bool): a flag to calculate delta analytically.
characteristic (str): characteristic to be extracted (``atten`` - attenuation length, ``delta`` - index of refraction).
data_file (str): a *.dat data file in ``bnlcrl/package_data/dat/`` directory with delta values for the material of the CRL (e.g., Be).
e_max (float): the highest available energy [eV].
e_min (float): the lowest available energy [eV].
e_step (float): energy step size used for saving data to a file [eV].
energy (float): photon energy [eV].
formula (str): material's formula of the interest.
n_points (int): number of points to get from the server.
outfile (str): optional output file.
precise (bool): a flag to find delta within the energy interval +/- 1 eV from the specified energy.
use_numpy (bool): a flag to use NumPy.
verbose (bool): a flag to print output to console.

Returns:
dict: dictionary with the result.


positional arguments:
energy -

optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--calc-delta False
--characteristic {atten,delta}
'delta'
-d DATA_FILE, --data-file DATA_FILE
''
--e-max E_MAX 30000.0
--e-min E_MIN 30.0
--e-step E_STEP 10.0
-f FORMULA, --formula FORMULA
'Be'
-n N_POINTS, --n-points N_POINTS
500
-o OUTFILE, --outfile OUTFILE
''
-p, --precise False
-u, --use-numpy False
-v, --verbose False
```

Examples of execution:
-
```bash
$ bnlcrl simulate simulate-crl -p 6.52 -v --output-format json 2 4 6 7 8 21500
{
"d": 0.0012016728926447229,
"d_ideal": -0.06613035908221399,
"f": 1.0480597834969956,
"p0": 6.52,
"p1": 1.2487983271073553,
"p1_ideal": 1.3161303590822135
}
```

```bash
$ bnlcrl simulate simulate-crl -p 6.52 -v --output-format csv 2 4 6 7 8 21500
"d","d_ideal","f","p0","p1","p1_ideal"
0.00120167289264,-0.0661303590822,1.0480597835,6.52,1.24879832711,1.31613035908
```

```bash
$ bnlcrl simulate simulate-crl -p 6.52 -v --output-format txt 2 4 6 7 8 21500
d: 0.00120167289264, d_ideal: -0.0661303590822, f: 1.0480597835, p0: 6.52, p1: 1.24879832711, p1_ideal: 1.31613035908
```

```
$ bnlcrl simulate simulate-crl -p 6.52 21500 -v
"d","d_ideal","f","p0","p1","p1_ideal"
0,0,0,6.52,0,0
```

This library is used on the SMI beamline at NSLS-II:

#### License

License: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html

Copyright (c) 2016 mrakitin (BNL). All Rights Reserved.