finesse.components.general.Connector.ABCD¶

Connector.ABCD(from_node, to_node, direction='x', symbolic=False, copy=True, retboth=False)[source]¶

Parameters:

from_nodeOpticalNode or Port or str or int: Input node. If a port, or string repr of a port, is given then the input optical node of that port will be used.
to_nodeOpticalNode or Port or str or int: Output node. If a port, or string repr of a port, is given then the output optical node of that port will be used.
directionstr, optional; default: ‘x’: Direction of ABCD matrix computation, default is ‘x’ for tangential plane.
symbolicbool, optional; default: False: Whether to return the symbolic matrix (as given by equations above). Defaults to False such that the numeric matrix is returned.
copybool, optional; default: True: Whether to return a copy of ABCD matrix (or matrices if retboth is true). Defaults to True so that the internal matrix cannot be accidentally altered. Use caution if switching this flag off.
retbothbool, optional; default: False: Whether to return both the symbolic and numeric matrices as a tuple in that order.

Returns:

Mnumpy.ndarray: The ABCD matrix of the specified coupling for the mirror. This is symbolic if either of symbolic or retboth flags are True.
M2numpy.ndarray: Only returned if retboth is True, otherwise just M above is returned. This will always be the numeric matrix.

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