Further Reading

That Finesse has remained as one of the main software packages in the field over many years is to a large extent due to the efforts put into providing users with support and training material.

Much of the physics behind the Finesse code has been compiled in the open access Living Reviews article Interferometer techniques for gravitational-wave detection. We have described many of the ideas that led to the current design of Finesse 3 in the article Pykat: Python package for modelling precision optical interferometers.

We regularly offer and organise workshop, hackathons and training sessions to support the training of new people and the development and use of advanced models.