finesse.components.cavity.Cavity.any_changing_params

Cavity.any_changing_params(geometric=False)

Determines whether any parameter of any component inside the cavity is changing.

If the optional argument geometric is True, then this will only check that the following parameters are changing:

• radii of curvature of surfaces,

• lengths of spaces,

• refractive indices of spaces,

• focal lengths of lenses,

• angles of incidence of beam splitters.

Parameters

geometricbool

If true then only checks parameters which affect ABCD matrices.

Returns

flagbool

True if any parameter is changing (subject to the condition outlined above), False otherwise.